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What is the Tufts high-performance computing research cluster (or Cluster Computing)?
Posted by Kathleen Beauparlant in Frequently Asked Questions, Service Catalog, Teaching, Learning & Research on March 6, 2012
The Research Cluster or Cluster Computing is the result of connecting many local computers (called “nodes”) together via a high-speed connection to provide a single shared resource. This shared resource allows certain software applications to break tasks down into smaller components and distribute them among the computers. As a result, there is a significant decrease [...]
Common software available on the Tufts high-performance computing research cluster
Posted by Kathleen Beauparlant in Desktop Computing & Printing, Service Catalog, Software on March 6, 2012
Some commonly uses software titles available on the research cluster are: Matlab: high-level technical computing language and interactive environment for algorithm development, data visualization, data analysis, and numerical computation STATA: full data-management system with complete statistical and graphical capabilities Bowtie: ultrafast, memory-efficient short read aligner. It aligns short DNA sequences (reads) to the human genome [...]
How do I gain access to the Tufts Research Cluster Computing Environment?
Posted by Kathleen Beauparlant in Desktop Computing & Printing, Frequently Asked Questions, Service Catalog on March 6, 2012
Access to the research cluster is granted by UIT. Any faculty, staff or students that would like to request access to the cluster could do so by completing the web-based UIT Research Account Request form. Once access has been granted, OIT will install any necessary software and provide instructions to the user on connecting to [...]