System Expansion Completed in May, 2011
BlueBioU was expanded to include an additional 30 compute nodes during the Spring 2011 semester. The system now has a total of 6144 compute threads, or 1536 compute cores, available to the research community. The additional nodes were made available to the user community in May, 2011. |
Rice University is building on its foundation in science and
technology with a bold plan to emphasize its traditional strengths and
focus on growth in key areas that are strategic to the betterment of our
world. These mission concepts are articulated in the Vision for Rice University's Second Century.
In keeping with our aspirations for pathbreaking research leadership,
Rice has created a synergistic hub for multidisciplinary,
multi-institutional research: the BioScience Research Collaborative, or
BRC. The BRC is conveniently located at the corner of
University Boulevard and Main Street, making it easily accessible to
both Rice researchers and collaborative partners in the Texas Medical
Center (TMC).
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center,
the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas
Children's Hospital, Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Baylor
College of Medicine, and the University of Texas Medical Branch at
Galveston are partner institutions with whom Rice has a variety of
collaborations from nanotechnology to global health and domestic
healthcare delivery to understanding the human mind to medical ethics.
As the recipient of an IBM 2010 Shared University Research (SUR) Award,
Rice will build and develop the biocomputing core infrastructure needed
to assist with the creation of a shared informational and computational
network for the TMC. This network will foster the routine exchange of
information, accelerate discovery and its translation, and create
a dynamic fusion between the disciplines of research, education and
clinical practice so that the traditional distinctions between them
begin to blur.
IBM participation in this program includes
contributions from the Systems and Technology Group, Software Group, IBM
Life Sciences Research and STG University Alliances.