MRI:Acquisition of a Multi-Purpose High-Performance Computing Infrastructure for Machine Learning and Computational Research at Temple University

该项目将为天普大学提供新的研究计算设备。来自生物、化学、计算机和信息科学、数学和物理等学科的教职员工和学生以及将计算作为主要研究工具的其他学科也将受益。该设备由三个组件组成：(1)存储设备，(2)为增强机器学习应用而优化的处理器组，以及(3)为大规模计算而调优的高性能处理单元。这些设备将补充天普现有的投资，并帮助推动整个校园的本科生研究和教育活动。计算科学、化学物理、进化生物学、材料科学、生物物理、数据分析和基因组学是该科学与技术学院的主要研究主题。反映这些主题的各种研究中心和机构将得到新的高性能计算设备的支持。此外，这些设备将广泛影响机器学习、计算机视觉、大数据、纳米科学、神经科学以及能源和健康领域的研究。新设备将极大地增强现有的计算设施，并在广阔的战线上实现变革性研究。坦普尔大学是费城的公立大学，招收约35,900名研究生、专业生和本科生。它号称拥有多元化的学生群体。坦普尔拥有该地区为数不多的计算中心之一，可以超越最低限度的服务，促进和支持K-12和STEM教育、政府机构和当地行业之间的协作与合作。坦普尔通过其专业科学硕士项目满足了商业环境中的科学培训需求；在计算科学方面的广泛专业知识导致了具有强大计算组件的项目的开发，例如生物信息学和高性能计算。新的基础设施将促进涵盖当地和区域社区的研究和教育经验，并支持有助于该地区经济增长的创业研究活动。新设备将由科学与技术学院的高性能计算人员采购、组装和操作。网站https://www.hpc.temple.edu提供有关可用资源、如何获取访问权限、用户指南、使用统计数据和使用策略的信息。工作人员将负责运行相关的教程、研讨会和会议，这些课程、研讨会和会议的设计不仅有利于坦普尔的用户基础，也有利于当地和地区研究社区的用户基础。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project will provide new research computing equipment for Temple University. Faculty and students from disciplines such as Biology, Chemistry, Computer and Information Sciences, Mathematics, and Physics, will benefit as well as other disciplines, who use computation as a primary tool in their research. The equipment consists of three components: (1) a storage device, (2) sets of processors optimized for empowering machine learning applications, and (3) high-performance processing units tuned for large-scale computational calculations. This equipment will complement existing investments at Temple and help drive undergraduate research plus educational activities across the entire campus.Computational science, chemical physics, evolutionary biology, materials science, biophysics, data analytics, and genomics are major research themes in the College of Science & Technology. Various research centers and institutes reflecting these themes will be empowered by the new high-performance computing equipment. In addition, the equipment will broadly impact research in machine learning, computer vision, big data, nano-scale science, neuroscience, as well as initiatives in energy and health. The new equipment will greatly enhance current computing facilities and enable transformational research over a broad front. Temple is Philadelphia’s public university with an enrollment of about 35,900 graduate, professional, and undergraduate students. It boasts a diverse student body. Temple has one of few computing centers in the region that can go beyond minimal services and promote and support collaboration and cooperation among K-12 and STEM education, government agencies, and local industry. Temple addresses needs for scientific training in business environments with its Professional Science Master’s programs; the wide expertise in computational sciences has led to development of programs with strong computational components, e.g., Bioinformatics and High-Performance Computing. The new infrastructure will foster research and educational experiences that embrace local and regional communities and empower entrepreneurial research activities that contribute to economic growth in the region. The new equipment will be procured, assembled, and operated by the High-Performance Computing staff in the College of Science & Technology. The website https://www.hpc.temple.edu provides information about available resources, how to get access, user guides, usage statistics, and usage policies. The staff will be responsible for running the associated tutorials, workshops, and conferences that are designed to benefit the user base not only at Temple but also in the local and regional research communities.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.