The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program to the University of California, Merced (UC Merced). The grant, titled "CC* REGIONAL COMPUTING: CENVAL-ARC: CENTRAL VALLEY ACCESSIBLE RESEARCH AND COMPUTATIONAL HUB", aims to enhance research and educational opportunities in the historically underserved Central Valley region of California by providing advanced computing resources and infrastructure.
The CENVAL-ARC initiative led by UC Merced, in collaboration with California State Universities (CSU) Sacramento, Stanislaus, and Fresno, will establish a high-performance computing (HPC) cluster with graphical processing unit (GPU) and central processing unit (CPU) nodes. This HPC cluster will integrate with UC Merced's existing Pinnacles computing infrastructure, providing efficient data storage and accessibility to support diverse research activities such as systems modeling, numerical optimization, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. The project will also facilitate collaborative research through connections to a science DMZ for enhanced data exchange with external institutions.
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