Large-scale computational resources
Research Computing is dedicated to enabling research, accelerating discovery, and spurring innovation at Arizona State University (ASU) through the application of advanced computational resources to grand challenges in science, engineering, and health. Offering a team of systems professionals, architects, scientific software engineers, and research facilitators, ASU Research Computing provides technical expertise in all areas of computing, including parallel computing, big data analytics, scientific visualization, high-speed networking, and cybersecurity. Research Computing provides ASU faculty and students access to accelerated high performance computing resources comprising:
- Over 38,200 CPU cores and over 580 GPU accelerators across two supercomputers
- 10PB research data storage platform for project-term data
- Dedicated virtual machines for specific research environments
- A FISMA high secure computing environment, with 1700 CPU cores and 20 A100 80GB GPUs, managed by a HIPAA Covered Entity, supporting computational research on sensitive data
Boosting research with AI tools
Studying and sorting through large datasets is an important part of research. This is exactly where AI models offer a major advantage — they are ideally suited to analyze huge amounts of information with speed.
Research Computing provides local access to powerful open-source AI models on the Sol supercomputer, displayed in the table below. Researchers can use these models separately or in combination to examine datasets stored locally. This improves data security by eliminating the need for cloud uploads.
Sol also carries a suite of AI-powered tools, including MONAI, AlphaFold3, TensorFlow and PyTorch. These provide faculty, students and staff with a robust computing environment for AI-enabled research.
To learn more about the latest tools available to you, please connect with us on ai.asu.edu.
Request a consultation to discuss your computational needs
Do you need one-on-one assistance with your research project? Would you like to take advantage of our training and workshops? Are you applying for a funding opportunity and need help planning for your computational and storage needs?
Our experts provide ASU faculty, staff, students, and collaborators with research technology and sponsored project consulting services. Request a consultation, and one of our technology experts will contact you to further discuss your needs or questions.
User testimonials
Joshua LaBaer
Executive director, the Biodesign Institute