This document discusses connectivity and computational resources across universities in Tennessee. It outlines several large-scale computational facilities available to universities, including the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility and UT/ORNL Joint Institute for Computational Science. It also discusses plans to foster research partnerships and integrate research across the state by connecting researchers to resources and tools. Finally, it mentions a 3-year NSF grant to support a bioinformatics concentration through training and access to high-performance computing facilities.

1. Thomas Danford, CIO James Perry, Interim CIO
Tennessee Board of Regents University of Tennessee System
Thomas.Danford@tbr.edu jperry1@tennessee.edu

3. Connectivity enables access to computational power
Access to computational power enables new types of
research to more universities
Communication ties it together and exposes
opportunities

4. Historical (2005)
TNII -> OneTenn -> NetTN

7. Chicago, IL
Starkville, MS
Atlanta, GA

8. Chicago, IL
Starkville, MS
Atlanta, GA

9. Large-scale computational facilities
• Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF)
• DOE Cray XT Jaguar Supercomputer
• UT/ORNL Joint Institute for Computational Science (JICS)
• NSF Funded National Institute for Computation Sciences (NICS)
• UT Cray XT5 Kraken Supercomputer
• UT SGI Altix UV 1000 Nautilus Visualization
• Georgia Tech HP Keeneland Cluster
Shared cluster-scale facilities:
• FedEx Institute of Technology at University of Memphis
• Advanced Computing Center for Research and Education at Vanderbilt University
• Newton & Spanier clusters at University of Tennessee at Knoxville
• SIM Center at UT Chattanooga

10. State of Tennessee’s New Tier 4 Data Center

11. Engendering an atmosphere of mentoring and
research incubation where strengths can be
matched to create effective research pairs
Moving from a fragmented view of research to
a holistic view of research partnerships and
their integration across the state
Connecting research needs with resources and
tools to create tasks that were not possible a
few short years ago

14. SC-TN Desktop to TeraGrid
Support through HPC
training and facilities
access
Support to connect with
TN-SCORE Thrust 1
3 yr NSF Grant to Support
Bioinformatics Concentration

15. NSF EPS - 1004083
1.) Inter-institutional collaboration and
innovation capacity
2.) Effective utilization of the computational
infrastructure within the state