Resources

 

Center for Simulation & Modeling

Consulting

The Center for Simulation and Modeling is located in Bellefield Hall. The Center supports the simulation and modeling research of University of Pittsburgh students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty from all fields, schools and disciplines by providing the services of simulation and modeling expert consultants.

In order to request help from SAM consultants, please download the Request for SAM Consulting form. After completion either email it to samhelp@pitt.edu, fax it to 412-648-1939, or deliver a hard copy to 205 Bellefield Hall. Read More

Hardware

The Center for Simulation and Modeling has access to computers housed in Center for Molecular and Materials Simulations (CMMS). This computer hardware is designed to accommodate a wide range of computational applications, including serial and parallel calculations as well as calculations requiring large memory or disk space. Parallel calculations can be run in either shared memory (maximum of 8 cores) or with MPI using up to 64 cores. Parallel calculations can be run either over gigabit Ethernet or high-speed Infiniband networks.  For additional information see:
www.cmms.pitt.edu/index.php/Resources/hardware/Markov_Cluster

PittGrid

PittGrid is an ongoing project to create a virtual supercomputer by harnessing the unused CPU cycles across the Pitt campus. Many computers across campus are left idle during non-business hours. With permission from individual computer users and Computing Labs, PittGrid virtually organizes these resources and make them available for research, simulations, and computationally demanding projects from Pitt faculty and researchers. These PittGrid resources are available to projects being supported by SAM consultants.  For additional information see: www.pittgrid.pitt.edu

Other Centers and Facilities

The Center augments the University of Pittsburgh's already substantial computing footprint, and works closely with other centers at the university, including the Petersen Institute for Nanoscience and Engineering, and the Center for Energy, the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, as well as with the Department of Computational Biology.

• Center for Molecular and Materials Simulation
• Center for Energy
• Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering
• Information Science and Telecommunications
• Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
• Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
• Department of Computational Biology
• National Energy Technology Laboratory