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Parallel program solutions for high energy physics
“I work in high energy theoretical particle physics. Specifically, I investigate physics beyond the Standard Model with a focus on dark matter implications. My research often requires scans of models that have very large numbers of parameters. This work could not be completed without the computing resources provided at CHPC. Almost as valuable as the…
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Computational transition in chemistry
Our group started using the CHPC resources intensively almost three years ago. We were guided by the CHPC staff through their available resources for chemistry, as well as through some basic aspects of Gaussian, a major program used for molecular computations, and Schrödinger’s MacroModel for conformational analysis. We initially obtained a temporary allocation, which was…
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Modeling cloud systems
“My research group recently became interested in using a program called VAPOR (www.vapor.ucar.edu) to help us easily and interactively visualize the results of large numerical simulations of cloud systems. We wanted to find a way to run VAPOR on one of our CHPC nodes and display the GUI remotely. That way we would need only…
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Processing meteorological data
“Through an expired grant NSF ATM- 1127692, Martin Cuma and Anita Orendt were instrumental in enabling me to analyze very large data sets of photographs of hydrometeors in free fall. The amount of data I was collecting became a processing nightmare, and Martin and Anita progressively helped me navigate my MATLAB analysis from my laptop…
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Training and debugging
We are very appreciative of the help offered by CHPC staff and facilities. Specifically, we receive a lot of help with respect to the software training, program debugging, and computational resources. Because of the help we have received, we are more familiar with how to perform calculations and get useful information using CHPC computational packages…
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City planning and cluster computing
“If you really want to make a friend, go to someone’s house and eat with him… the people who give you their food give you their heart.” – Cesar Chavez Could better city planning actually improve community cohesiveness, economic output, and quality of life? That’s the belief of Steven Farber, a geography professor at the University of Utah…