ITS Research Computing is a relatively new Department with the goal of providing URI researchers access to cutting-edge computing equipment (HPC/AI/Data/Quantum), software and offering hands-on training, support and consultancy to enable computational research.
Services & Resources
- Multiple HPC clusters (Unity, SeaWulf, coming soon: Harmony & Sanctuary)
- Cloud Computing
- High-performance servers, private servers
- Statistical Software, Services, and Resources (SAS, SPSS, R, JMP, MATLAB, Geneious, Atlas.ti, Qualtrics, Overleaf)
- NIH-STRIDES program
- Sample proposal documents (Facilities, DMP, etc.)
- University-wide software platforms (e.g. R Studio Server, JupyterHub, etc.)
- Training/consultation
- Web/database hosting and resources
- Data storage platforms at URI
What’s New?
- Partnership with the Massachusetts Green HPC Center (MGHPCC)
- Distributed research computing support through trained GAs in each College
- Complete replacement of older URI HPC clusters
- Overleaf Professional subscription for Faculty and PhD student research use
- Research Computing Network (RCN)
- Partnership with the Open Storage Network
- Quantum computing services
- New research Institute: URI Institute for AI & Computational Research
Other Related Resources
Here are some services offered by various other URI departments and organizations, which often are relevant to researchers:
- URI Library AI Guide: Resources related to AI use, tools, etc. for faculty/staff are maintained by the URI Library.
- URI VPN Service: This is often needed for accessing some servers and services from off-campus and abroad. If you’re planning to travel abroad and need this service, it’s especially important to set this up ahead of time, before you leave — it’s quite difficult to set up while abroad.
- Consultation on related IT services (VPN, security, secure data transfers, SSL certificates, etc.)
- Safari (O’Reilly) Online Books and Videos: A great collection of technical reference books and some training videos on a wide variety of technical topics — e.g. programming, data science, artificial intelligence, etc. The URI Library has acquired access for anyone with a URI email address.
- URI ITS Training Courses: Periodically offered introductory courses covering a wide range of topics, including the Google Suite, draw.io, Excel, Video management and caption, and more!
Contact Us
Email us at itrcs-group@uri.edu with questions, comments, suggestions — anything!
Our Team
Borano Llana
AI Lab Student Facilitator
Cecile Cres
Computational Scientist, AI/ML
Christian Vye
Advanced Application Specialist
401.874.2966
christianvye@uri.edu
Farhang Naderi
Student HPC Facilitator -- GSO
Gaurav Khanna
AVP for Research Computing & Director for Institute for AI & Computational Research
401.874.2058
gkhanna@uri.edu
Indrani Mandal
AI Lab -- Education and Outreach
Joan Peckham
Strategic Advisor
Kevin Bryan
Manager, High Performance Computing
401.874.5528
bryank@uri.edu
Leann Biancani
Student Computational Biology Facilitator
Michael Puerrer
Computational Scientist
Nikola Bukowiecka
Student Physical Sciences Facilitator
Shaghayegh ‘Shay’ Sahraei Joubani
Student Statistical Consultant and Trainer
401.874.2815
s.sahraei@uri.edu
News
- New Servers Added to UNITY Research Computing Cluster
Twelve new compute servers are now available on UNITY, expanding capacity for URI researchers. - Free ChatGPT for Academic Researchers
OpenAI is introducing ChatGPT for Academic Researchers, a program that will give 100,000 researchers at selected academic institutions free access to their frontier models. The program will help researchers across the sciences, mathematics, and engineering take on advanced problems, accelerate discovery, and improve productivity, from preparing grant applications to testing hypotheses. https://openai.com/index/chatgpt-for-academic-researchers/ This is an […]
- Fang awarded NSF CAREER grant!
Major user of our IACR resources, Dr. Fang Wang from Chemistry Dept. wins NSF CAREER grant and also another grant from the American Chemical Society! Learn more here: https://web.uri.edu/artsci/news/chemistry-professor-secures-american-chemical-society-and-national-science-foundation-career-awards/
- Faculty Spotlight: Nick Pizzo (GSO)
How can we gather more insight from data to solve problems in the world today? This is one of the most fundamental questions driving the artificial intelligence boom. It’s also one that GSO Assistant Professor of Oceanography Dr. Nick Pizzo is no stranger to posing, and recently it led him… Read more: Faculty Spotlight: Nick Pizzo (GSO) - Faculty Spotlight: Chris Hemme (Pharmacy)
Bridging the Gap: How Research Computing Powers the Future of Molecular Informatics At the University of Rhode Island, the move toward data-intensive research is led by scientists who maintain a dual fluency in biological systems and the high-performance computing environments used to analyze them. For Dr. Christopher Hemme, Director of… Read more: Faculty Spotlight: Chris Hemme (Pharmacy)