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High Performance Computing and Research Support Group (HPC)
Bernadette Savage [email protected]
x83004
Ray Duplock [email protected]
x83962
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10 minutes about us......
HPC has a small number of staff located at Gardens Point; we specialise in one of these areas:
Qualitative methods
Quantitative methods
Data modeling
Data visualisation
Data simulation
Survey Web software and support (via Key Survey)
Programming and code optimisation
Scientific software
Supercomputing resources and support
Small group, so our emphasis is to try to give you the skills and expertise to
undertake any of the above activities in your research work
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HPC services that may assist you?
• Qualitative Research Assistance (Bernadette Savage)
Qualitative research methods
Consultations
Seminars
NVivo tutorials (introductory and advanced)
Leximancer tutorials
• Quantitative Modelling (Ray Duplock)
Statistical learning algorithms (from a regression perspective -- CART,
Bagging/Boosting algorithms, LAR and Lasso regressions etc)
Statistics (regression based statistical models)
Statistical software problems [SPSS, Stata, Salford Predictive Miner]
Please note, to get access to any of the above software (e.g., NVivo, Leximancer, SPSS,
Stata etc) contact the ITS helpdesk via their Web contact form at:
http://www.ithelpdesk.qut.edu.au/ or phone x84000
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• Online Survey System -- Key Survey (Donald Gee)
This online survey tool allows you to develop and administer online surveys
Free to QUT staff and students (not for personal consultancies)
Consultations using Key Survey
Workshops (introductory and advanced)
Please note, Donald will not develop your survey – he will advise you on
software related issues if necessary
Key Survey is widely used in QUT and has supported over 2,200 active surveys and
210,000 responses. See the website http://survey.qut.edu.au
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Other services
• Mathematical modeling
• Data visualisation
• Complex programming support (this does not include SPSS
syntax scripts)
• Geographic Information Systems support
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Supercomputing Facilities at QUT
The HPC Group provides access to centrally supported supercomputing facilities for
research projects.
SGI Altix XE Cluster 212 compute nodes 3780 x 64bit Intel Xeon Cores: 127 TeraFlop Theoretical (Double Precision), 271 TeraFlop (Single
Precision) 34 TeraBytes (TB) of main memory: FDR Infini-Band interconnect between nodes and to the file
servers for fast input/output
SUSE Linux Operating System
Installed research software
HPC File Store The HPC platform also includes the HPC File Store - a fully backed-up research data storage facility with over 1800TB of disk capacity
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Software Available
SPSS SAS Stata NVivo Leximancer
Data Analysis Tools
Data Visualisation
Maya Rapidform
ANSYS CFX FLUENT
3D Modelling Environments CFD Packages
MATLAB (and SYMULINK)
ABAQUS ANSYS MSC.NASTRAN MSC.PATRAN MSC.Marc LS-DYNA
NAG & IMSL Libraries Intel Compilers and tools Graphics Libraries
Simulation Modelling Environments
Finite Element Analysis Packages Software Development Tools
AVS/Express Volume Visualisation tools VTK & ITK
Data Mining Tools Salford Predictive Miner DTREG MATLAB SAS/Enterprise Guide R modules
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HPC Visualisation Lab
• GP V711 (top floor of the Library) specialised visualisation laboratory
• Range of Workstations
Dual Processor, 64bit Workstations
Range memory configurations (16GB, 24GB, 32GB)
Multi-screen setups, including 30”LCDmonitors
3-D Scanners (laser and contact)
• Virtual Vis Lab – remote access machine to suit your needs
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Contact Details
Emails addresses
• HPC Group email: [email protected]
• Key Survey email address: [email protected]
Seminars/Workshops/Tutorials
• https://www.library.qut.edu.au/events/categories/hpc/
Web pages
• HPC web site: http://www.itservices.qut.edu.au/researchteaching/hpc/
also https://qutvirtual4.qut.edu.au/group/staff/technology-and-facilities/technology-services/hpc/
• Key Survey web site: http://survey.qut.edu.au