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2014 Virtual School of Computational Science and Engineering (VSCSE) Coverage
This summer, Michigan State University joined with a national group of geographically dispersed, prominent universities as host sites for advanced computational workshops organized by the Virtual School of Computational Science and Engineering (VSCSE). The VSCSE is a virtual organization that...Quantum Chemistry Package Gaussian Now Available By Request
ICER would like to announce that we have acquired the new version of ab initio Quantum Chemistry program Gaussian. In order to be granted access: Complete and sign the appropriate Guassian Confidentiality Agreement. Email a copy of the completed form to general@rt.hpcc.msu.edu. Please make the...
Take Your Child to Work Day 2014
Each year iCER participates in the MSU Take Your Child to Work Day, a campus wide event. This year's theme was "Plant a Seed: Grow a Future." The program focuses on children ages 8 through 14 with the goal in mind that we want to expose girls and boys to their future careers as well as family and...
iCER is a success at the MSU Science Festival
To quote Brian Malow, a Science Comedian who appeared at the festival, "A science festival is a celebration of science. From the tiniest critters on Earth to the largest bodies in space, and everything in between. It's an opportunity to meet and interact with real scientists. With lectures,...
Intel 14 has arrived!
The Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research and the High Performance Computing Center are pleased to announce the installation of our latest computer cluster, "Intel 14." This purchase includes 220 nodes with 4400 CPU cores and between 64 GB to 256 GB of memory per node. Based on the next generation...
iCER Team Makes Strides
The iCER team participated in Lansing's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer last month. Together, the team was successful in raising $325 to help contribute to the effort to fight breast cancer. 214 teams came out to the Lansing State Capitol, raising a total of $129,562.15. For more...
iCER Teams Up with University of Michigan's ARC for Supercomputing 2013
At the end of November, iCER will join ARC (Advanced Research Computing) from the University of Michigan at the Colorado Convention Center for SC13, the international conference for high performance computing, networking, storage and analysis. iCER and ARC will join exhibitors such as NASA, Exsede...
Mothur Workshop a Success
Mothur Workshop on Illumina amplicon analysis We conducted a workshop on amplicon analysis for Illumina data using mothur. Thirty researchers were in attendance from several departments including Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Comparative Medicine & Integrative Biology, Food Science...
iCER Welcomes New Director
The Institute for Cyber Enabled Research (iCER) is excited to welcome new Director, Kenneth M. Merz, Jr. Kennie is currently the Joseph Zichis Chair in Chemistry here at Michigan State University. His research interest lies in the development of theoretical and computational tools and their...