CC* Regional Computing: Development of Undergraduate High-Performance Computing Capacity with the CIMUSE Consortium

密苏里州西部州立大学、杜鲁门州立大学、韦伯斯特大学和东南密苏里州立大学四所主要本科院校（PUIs）在密苏里州本科科学与教育计算注入（CIMUSE）联盟中，为本科研究和教育提供高性能计算（HPC）节点，随着工作规模的增长，可以访问州和全国范围的资源。密苏里大学研究支持解决方案在日常基础上管理节点，允许参与机构专注于扩大各自校园和全州其他本科机构的计算使用。有才华的学生在暑期工作坊学习高性能计算。教师也增加了他们在HPC使用方面的知识和技能。目标是建立和扩大一个全州范围内的社区，使用先进的计算技术进行本科研究和教育，可以在全国范围内复制。CIMUSE联盟的HPC计算节点（2xAMD EPYC 7713, 2.0 GHz， 128核/节点，512 GB RAM/节点）为密苏里州的pui提供HPC资源。研究项目将涉及本科生研究人员，而教育项目则侧重于开发工具和教学方法，以培养学生的计算技术。最初的研究项目包括宇宙学模拟、伪扬-泰勒效应研究、有机-无机钙钛矿混合模拟、快速入侵检测和转座基因组学。最初的教育项目包括建立一个虚拟数据科学实验室，将模拟纳入本科天文学课程，并将网络安全练习引入计算机科学课程。HPC系统将由密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校的研究支持解决方案（RSS）团队管理，增加本科生社区的访问权限。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Four Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs), Missouri Western State University, Truman State University, Webster University, and Southeast Missouri State University, in the Computational Infusion for Missouri Undergraduate Science and Education (CIMUSE) consortium, provide high-performance computing (HPC) nodes for undergraduate research and education, with accessible state- and nation-wide resources as job sizes grow. University of Missouri Research Support Solutions manages the nodes on a day-to-day basis, allowing the participating institutions to focus on expanding computational usage at their respective campuses and other undergraduate institutions statewide. Talented students learn about HPC at summer workshops. Faculty also increase their knowledge and skills in the use of HPC. The goal is to establish and expand a statewide community using advanced computational techniques for undergraduate research and education that can be replicated nationwide.The HPC compute nodes (2xAMD EPYC 7713, 2.0 GHz, 128 core/node, 512 GB RAM/node) for the CIMUSE Consortium provide HPC resources to PUIs in Missouri. Research projects will involve undergraduate student researchers, while educational projects focus on developing tools and pedagogies to train students in computational techniques. Initial research projects encompass cosmological simulations, pseudo-Jahn-Teller Effect studies, organic-inorganic perovskite hybrid simulations, rapid intrusion detection, and transposable genomics. Initial education projects involve constructing a Virtual Data Science Lab, incorporating simulations into undergraduate astronomy classes, and introducing cybersecurity exercises to the computer science curriculum. The HPC system will be managed by the Research Support Solutions (RSS) team at the University of Missouri - Columbia, increasing access for the undergraduate community.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.