Who can access IDSC?
IDSC services and resources are available to everyone! Students, faculty, researches, the public and private sectors, industry, and beyond. Our collaborative approach brings together talented minds at the interface of disciplines to harness the expertise and computing powers of The U. As a member of the University of Miami’s Frost Institutes of Science and Engineering, IDSC Is focused on utilizing the extraordinary potential of data science to tackle society’s greatest challenges. From creative student projects to innovative industry-shaping ideas, IDSC services and resources can help you achieve your research, training, or business goals.
Advanced Computing
Through IDSC, the University of Miami maintains one of the country’s largest centralized academic cyberinfrastructures. Since 2007, University researchers and their collaborators contributed to an exponential growth in advanced computing investments amounting to more than 240 TFLOPS of computing capacity and more than 3 PB of parallel storage. UM’s computing facility currently supports more than 50 user groups across science, engineering, liberal arts, and medicine.
The TRITON supercomputer is the U’s first GPU-accelerated High-Performance Computing system, rated one of the top 5 US academic institution supercomputers when launched in 2019. TRITON supports completely new approaches to computational and data science for all UM campuses. Built using IBM Power Systems AC922 servers, this system was designed to maximize data movement between the IBM POWER9 CPU and attached accelerators, like GPUs.
IDSC Advanced Computing Services (ACS) collaborates with IDSC Systems and Data Engineering to provide a comprehensive set of services and training opportunities for a well-rounded research computing and data science experience.
HPC + Data Science Services
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- High-Performance Computing Multi-core enabled computational research support services across both CPU to GPU environments, job scheduling and management, high-performance parallel storage, and visualization services
- Data Science and Analytics Customized training sessions in harnessing data science tools for research and training. Areas of support include: imaging, pattern recognition, convolutional neural networks, and deep learning strategies
- Research Facilitation + Application Support Support translation of science drivers into computational research opportunities. Services include: research facilitation, configuration, installation, and optimization of home-grown and community codes on native hardware and cloud environments supported through IDSC Advanced Computing.
- User Training Resource-specific user training and engagement opportunities are available upon request.
- Grant Collaborations Enable and support interdisciplinary and inter-campus grant collaborations in data-driven applications, CyberTraining programs that could gainfully exploit both high-performance computing and data science capabilities accessible through IDSC Advanced Computing.
- Data Management IDSC ACS provides 100GB/sec data rate scratch space for data staging and application management. Long-term and archival storage is accessible through UMIT research services. (https://it-resources.research.miami.edu/)
- Special Projects IDSC ACS provides support for special projects such as high availability research-specific hardware and storage technology hosting and support services.
Systems + Data Engineering
The University of Miami Frost Institute for Data Science and Computing (IDSC) Systems and Data Engineering team are professional software engineers who actively seek collaborative partners for new and innovative software application and systems development projects. The team has developed applications and software systems to support work in clinical research, drug discovery, genomics, mapping, and urban planning, observational biology/ecology, and the digital humanities.
IDSC Systems and Data Engineering offers expertise for collaborators who need to include novel software systems as part of their projects, including expert personnel for inclusion in grant proposals, and the development of prototypes or initial analysis in preparation for proposal submission. Explore PROJECTS
Core Competencies
- Software Application Conceptualization, Design, Implementation, and Project Management
- AI, Machine Learning
- Computer Vision, Photogrammetry, and 3D Reconstruction
- Drones and Aerial Survey with a Focus on Urban Spaces
- Extended Reality XR (Augmented AR, Virtual VR, Mixed MR)
- GIS and Geospatial Application Development
- Multi-Tier Web-Based Application Development
- Participatory Mapping and Community-Centered GIS Development
- Search/Complex Data
- Semantic Web
- Spatial Surveying and Architectural Documentation
Workforce Development + Education
IDSC Workforce Development and Education contributes to the future generations of data scientists by infusing Data Science into instructional programs. In collaboration with relevant academic units, members of the Institute will teach courses in Data Science, and the Institute will provide support and assistance in developing degree and certificate programs related to Data Science.
A core mission of the Institute is to spread interest in Data Science not only among specialists, but also among the public at large. The Institute will reach out to local and global communities for educational collaboration through activities such as conferences and symposia, hands-on workshops and training sessions for workforce development, and programs for middle and high-school students.
Reach us at 305.243.4962 | idsc@miami.edu
