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

密苏里州本科生科学与教育计算输入(CIMUSE)联盟中的四所主要本科生机构(PUI)，密苏里州西部州立大学、杜鲁门州立大学、韦伯斯特大学和密苏里东南部州立大学，为本科生研究和教育提供高性能计算(HPC)节点，随着工作规模的增长，可以访问全州和全国的资源。密苏里大学研究支持解决方案在日常基础上管理节点，使参与机构能够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混凝土。教职员工还增加了他们在使用HPC方面的知识和技能。目标是使用先进的计算技术在全州范围内建立和扩大一个可在全国范围内复制的本科生研究和教育社区。CIMUSE联盟的HPC计算节点(2xAMD EPYC 7713，2.0 GHz，128核心/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，而教育项目则专注于开发工具和教学方法，以培训学生使用计算技术。最初的研究项目包括宇宙学模拟、伪Jahn-Teller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，以及在计算机科学课程中引入网络安全练习。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，增加了本科生社区的机会。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。

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.