Welcome to the Center for Computational Research at the University of Rhode Island — a collaboratively funded effort by central IT Services (ITS), the Vice President for Research (VPR) and Faculty contributions through research grants.
The Center’s mission is to support, promote and grow high-level interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary computational research — high-performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI), data science (Data) and quantum computing (Quantum) — across URI campuses and the region including ongoing research in the College of Arts & Sciences, College of Business, College of Engineering, College of the Environment & Life Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Oceanography and the College of Pharmacy. The computational work of over 150 faculty researchers is supported by this Center.
The Center has an internal advisory group of key URI faculty members: Drs. Steve D’Hondt (Oceanography); Ying Zhang (Life Sciences), Thomas Stubblefield (Associate Dean, College of A&S) and Drew Zhang (Alfred J. Verrecchia Endowed Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Business Analytics). The Center also collaborates closely with the Massachusetts High-Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC).
Email us at itrcs-group@uri.edu with questions, comments, suggestions — anything!
News
- Andromeda HPC cluster to merge into Unity HPC/AI system at MGHPCC
Andromeda–> Unity HPC Transition Plan Over the last few years, we have built an entirely new HPC/AI environment, support system and infrastructure in partnership with UMass Amherst called UNITY: https://unity.uri.edu. We have received very positive feedback on Unity from all types of HPC/AI users at URI, and just performed a major upgrade to the […] - URI Speed Networking Event for Graduate & Senior Students
Invitation: URI Speed Networking Event for Graduate & Senior Students (AI, Quantum, and Computationally Enhanced Research & Innovation) Friday April 11, 2025, 9:30-noon Galanti Lounge, 3rd Floor, URI Library by Center for Computational Research, ITS (Joan Peckham & Gaurav Khanna) URI Innovation Lab (Jim McGwin) URI Division of Research and Economic Development (Karen Markin) PURPOSE: […] - Ash Giri Recognized at the White House!
Giri Lab is one of the largest users of UNITY — our HPC/AI platform: https://unity.uri.edu URI’s Ashutosh Giri receives the the Nation’s highest government award to outstanding scientists and engineers - Spring Semester Workshops by URI CCR / AI Lab
The details of our CCR / AI Lab semester workshops are available here. - Major Unity Upgrade!
We are pleased to announce that a major upgrade to our primary HPC/AI platform UNITY is finally complete!