CC*Compute: From classroom to the lab: NMSU responds to the changing HPC landscape in New Mexico

新墨西哥州州立大学（NMSU），少数民族服务机构和西班牙裔服务机构，认识到普及高性能计算（HPC）设施的迫切需要。 增加在NMSU的计算资源，包括存储，支持NMSU的高研究需求，教师有兴趣将HPC纳入他们的课堂活动，并与教师谁很高兴有一个支持HPC团队，以协助他们的课堂全州范围内的合作。 新墨西哥州作为一个州，对具有HPC使用经验的人员需求很高，但缺乏专门用于学生学习的资源。 通过利用NMSU和其他NM大学之间的现有关系，新资源通过专用队列增加了全州基于HPC的课堂活动。 受过HPC使用培训的学生在工业界和学术界都有很高的需求，为我们的学生提供了新的机会。 在HPC上进行的大部分研究要么没有资金支持，要么通过无法购买专用HPC资源的小额赠款资助，许多用户在没有Unix或如何使用HPC的基本知识的情况下开始了他们的HPC之旅。 在区域和国家超级集群上的时间是宝贵的，对于那些开始冒险进入计算密集型科学的人来说，这不是一个好的学习环境。 通过跨机构的广泛合作，以及已经简化的NMSU附属用户注册和帐户创建，NMSU是在整个州增加HPC知识的关键。这项活动通过收购10个计算节点，每个节点有36个CPU内核，将NMSU现有的HPC资源扩展了大约30%，至少256 GB的RAM和960 GB的本地存储，总共360个核心，两个GPU节点类似于计算节点，但具有双Tesla V100 GPU，600 TB的网络连接存储和Infiniband互连硬件。该项目组支持从生物学和环境科学到物理学、化学和材料科学等一系列领域的研究和教育活动。该奖项反映了NSF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。

New Mexico State University (NMSU), a Minority-Serving Institution and Hispanic-Serving Institution, recognizes the vital need for universal access to a high performance computing (HPC) facility. Increasing the computational resources at NMSU, including storage, supports NMSU’s high research need, instructors interested in incorporating HPC into their classroom activities, and state-wide collaborations with faculty who are excited to have a supportive HPC team to assist their classrooms. New Mexico as a state has a high need for personnel experienced with HPC use, but lacks resources dedicated to student learning. By utilizing existing relationships between NMSU and other NM-based universities, the new resources increase HPC-based classroom activities around the state through a dedicated queue. Students trained in HPC use are in high demand both in industry and academia, providing our students with new opportunities. Much of the research performed on the HPC is either unfunded or funded through smaller grants that cannot purchase dedicated HPC resources and many users start on their HPC journey without the basic knowledge of Unix or how to use an HPC. Time on regional and national super clusters is valuable and not a good learning environment for those who are beginning their venture into computing-intensive science. With extensive collaborations across institutions and already having streamlined NMSU-affiliated user on-boarding and account creation, NMSU is key in increasing HPC knowledge across the entire state.This activity expands the existing HPC resources at NMSU by roughly 30% through the acquisition of 10 compute nodes each with 36 CPU cores, at least 256 GB of RAM and 960 GB of local storage for a total of 360 cores, two GPU nodes similar to the compute nodes but with dual Tesla V100 GPUs, 600 TB of network connected storage, and Infiniband interconnect hardware. The cluster supports both research and educational activities in a range of fields from biology and environmental sciences to physics, chemistry, and material science.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.