High Performance Computing

Louisiana State University

In an effort to advance research and optimize user service, LSU's Center for Computation & Technology (CCT) and Information Technology Services (ITS) joined forces to create a support structure focused on expertise in high performance computing. Known as HPC@LSU, this organization maintains a premier computing environment, consisting of human, hardware, and software resources, for cutting edge, cross-disciplinary computational research. It's services are available to all users of HPC systems under it's management. This currently includes systems on the LSU campus, the Louisiana Optical Network Infrastructure (LONI) HPC systems, and those it operates as an Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) Level 2 Service Provider for the National Science Foundation (NSF) (XSEDE).

Through this site, researchers can review the systems and services that are available, open and manage system user accounts and service unit allocations, find documentation and training materials, and obtain the customer service and support needed to effectly conduct computational studies on the systems. By virtue of it's high profile operations, HPC@LSU, helps positions Louisiana as a national leader, not only in deploying the most progressive high-tech infrastructure, but also in advancing it for scientific, engineering, arts, and business applications. HPC@LSU is focused on building the current system modernization momentum to further strengthen Louisiana's intellectual capital.

Resources

HPC@LSU provides computational resources to the LSU campus, LONI members statewide, and the XSEDE. Provided services, such as the help desk and consulting, are available to all supported users. Online training sessions and and other education resources are available to all. Click Here to learn more about available resources.

Visualization services are provided at the Visulization Lab, located at 101 Frey Computing Services Building. Read More

Training & Help Desk

HPC@LSU offers a sequence of tutorials every semester. The tutorials cover Linux/Unix, parallel programming for HPC systems, in-depth application coverage, and ... Read More

A Help Desk and other support services are also provided.Read More

Users

LSU HPC resources are available to all LSU Faculty and their affiliates while LONI resources are available to all LONI Member Institute Faculty and their affilates. XSEDE resources are made available to researchers nationwide, but require application for an account and allocation via the XSEDE user portal. Click Here to learn about account policies.

HPC@LSU conducts weekly system status and information meetings, to which users are invited. Click Here for more information.

Documentation

User Guides for all HPC resources are provided Here.

Detailed guides for all software installed on HPC clusters as well as example scripts are provided here. Installed software is listed by name, type and cluster.