Princeton establishes leading research computing facility

researchcomp.jpg Princeton NJ — Maintaining its place at the forefront of scientific research, Princeton has brought together three high-performance supercomputers to establish one of the nation’s leading university-based research computing facilities.

The move comes as research that used to take place almost exclusively in Princeton’s laboratories is moving increasingly toward its computing facilities.

Many chemists are setting up virtual “dry” labs; neuroscientists, astrophysicists and geneticists are running experiments dependent on the availability of high-speed computing; and engineers are moving aerospace tests out of wind tunnels and into computing centers.

Read the complete Princeton Weekly Bulletin article.

Posted by Lorene Lavora

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Author: Cass Cliatt