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Scientific Development and Visualization Laboratory
- The Supercomputing Institute Scientific Development and Visualization Laboratory is located on the fifth floor of Walter Library adjacent to the Institute's systems and user support staff. It provides Institute researchers with access to SGI, Sun and Linux workstations, an 8 processor system with PQS nodes known as QuantumCube, Macintosh workstations, PCs, 3D LCD panel for autostereo display, hardware and software for the production of short videos, and associated software and technical support.
- Access to these resources is available to faculty members of the University of Minnesota or other accredited institutions of post-secondary education in the state of Minnesota for their own use and that of their research groups.
- Access is provided upon request to all researchers who apply for and receive competitively reviewed Supercomputing Institute supercomputer resource allocations on core machines. Laboratory access is also available by separate proposal. The review criteria for this program are available on the World Wide Web at:
www.msi.umn.edu/general/Programs/review.html
or from Barbara Opal, the Supercomputing Institute's Research Programs Administrator, at (612) 625-0012 or projects@msi.umn.edu.
- To expedite supercomputing research, there is no deadline for submission of laboratory access requests at this time. For continuing projects, a new or updated abstract and user group list are required every six months.
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information and user support |
- Technical and user support information regarding the Scientific Development and Visualization Laboratory can be found on the World Wide Web at:
www.msi.umn.edu/sdvl/
In addition, you may obtain technical user support or additional technical information by contacting the laboratory's manager, Ravishankar Chityala, at (612) 626-3451 or via email at chityala@msi.umn.edu.
| Requesting
resources and adding new users |
- Information regarding establishing a research project with access to the Scientific Development and Visualization Laboratory, adding new users to existing projects, and complying with reporting requirements for participants in Supercomputing Institute research programs is available on the World Wide Web at:
www.msi.umn.edu/general/Programs/obtain/sdvl.html,
or from Barbara Opal, the Supercomputing Institute's Research Programs Administrator, at (612) 625-0012 or projects@msi.umn.edu.
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