Ohio Supercomputer Center

Ohio Supercomputer Center
OSC offices on Kinnear Road in Columbus.

Established in 1987, the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) is a partner of Ohio universities and industries that provides a high performance computing, research, cyberinfrastructure, and computational science education services.

OSC works with a statewide/regional community, including education, academic research, industry, and state government. The Center's research programs are primarily aligned with three of several key areas of research identified by the state to be well positioned for growth and success: biosciences, advanced materials and energy/environment.

OSC is supported by the Ohio General Assembly and through the Ohio Board of Regents with funding in the state operating and capital budgets. OSC is situated on the West Campus of The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, United States.

Key research areas at OSC include:

  • Remote Instrumentation Services
  • Analytics
  • Computational Science Engineering Research Applications
  • Cyberinfrastructure and Software Development
  • Bioinformatics
  • Biomedical Sciences and Visualizations Research
  • Advanced Web Portals and Applications

Key initiatives at OSC include:

  • Blue Collar Computing
  • The Ralph Regula School of Computational Science

External links

Coordinates: 40°00′00″N 83°02′24″W / 40.000000°N 83.040000°W / 40.000000; -83.040000


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Supercomputer — A supercomputer is a computer that is at the frontline of processing capacity, particularly speed of calculation (at the time of its introduction). The term Super Computing was first used by New York World newspaper in 1929 [cite book |last=Eames …   Wikipedia

  • Ohio State University — U.S. state university system consisting of a main campus in Columbus and branches in five other locations. It was established in 1870 as a land grant institution. The main campus is a comprehensive research institution, with colleges of… …   Universalium

  • Ohio Board of Regents — The Ohio Board of Regents is the coordinating board for higher education in Ohio. The board was created in 1963 by the Ohio General Assembly to: provide higher education policy advice to the Governor of Ohio and the Ohio General Assembly; develop …   Wikipedia

  • Advanced Technical Intelligence Center — infobox Company company name = Advanced Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) company company type = Nonprofit foundation = Beavercreek, Ohio, USA (2006) location = Greater Dayton Area Miami Valley industry = Research and Development Education… …   Wikipedia

  • List of colleges and universities in Ohio — The State of Ohio is the home of a number of public and private institutions of higher learning. Several of these institutions are ranked among the top national universities (in order), including Case Western Reserve University (private), The… …   Wikipedia

  • Schimmel-Conrades Science Center — Science Center at Ohio Wesleyan University The Schimmel Conrades Science Center, housed in two former buildings on the campus of Ohio Wesleyan University, is the result of a major renovation of the university s science facilities. The project… …   Wikipedia

  • Cleveland State University — Cleveland State redirects here. For the institution in Tennessee, see Cleveland State Community College. Cleveland State University Established 1923 (Fenn College) December 18, 1964 (Cleveland State University) …   Wikipedia

  • Edison Welding Institute — or EWI is a nonprofit, Ohio state chartered engineering and technology organization dedicated to welding and materials joining. EWI staff provide materials joining assistance, contract research, consulting services and training to member… …   Wikipedia

  • OSC — Ontario Securities Commission (Business » General) **** Office of the State Comptroller (Governmental » State & Local) ** Office of Special Counsel (Governmental » US Government) ** Ohio Supercomputer Center (Academic & Science » Universities) ** …   Abbreviations dictionary

  • Message Passing Interface — MPI, the Message Passing Interface, is standardized and portable message passing system designed by a group of researchers from academia and industry to function on a wide variety of parallel computers. The standard defines the syntax and… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”