You may not know the term “hyperscaler,” but you certainly know who they are: Meta, Google, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft. These companies have stratospheric market caps and spend billions on AI and cloud computing annually. Their combined influence and spending … Continue reading Effects of Hyperscalers on Research Computing
Did you know that NSF supports programs to connect researchers with mentors and graduate students who can provide guidance for a range of computational projects? Research projects, regardless of discipline, require increasingly robust computational approaches and complex data workflows, and … Continue reading MATCH and CAREERS: NSF Programs Offering Personalized Guidance for Computational Research
For many years, users at institutions subscribing to Google’s suite of tools enjoyed effectively unlimited data storage within Google Drive. Seriously, there was a time when the only hard limit was 1 terabyte(!) per file. For researchers needing to store … Continue reading Research Data Storage Options in a Post-Google World
As 2023 comes to a close, it is worth reflecting on ways in which Strelka remains the focus of Swarthmore’s research computing infrastructure. Our flagship high-performance computing cluster has undergone substantial upgrades to its capabilities, and has also been used … Continue reading Strelka: The Year in Review
Earlier this month, Swarthmore College joined the ranks of roughly 100 other institutions as part of the Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation (CASC). Originally formed in the 1990s as a small group of the heads of national supercomputing centers, CASC … Continue reading Swarthmore Joins CASC
Strelka, Swarthmore’s high-performance computing (HPC) system, is set for an exciting expansion next month. This upgrade is needed because faculty and students are increasingly using the system to conduct research, teach courses, and other uses, resulting in bottlenecks and resource … Continue reading Upcoming Strelka Expansion
