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Expanding Information Technology
In 2001 the Louisiana legislature approved Governor Mike Foster's new
Information Technology (I.T.) Initiative, aimed at expanding I.T. in three
key areas: research, education, and economic development. The LSU
Center for Applied Information Technology and Learning (known as LSU
CAPITAL) will oversee the $7-9 million in annually recurring funds, guided
by an external advisory panel. Supported by this initiative, LSU will
build a Beowulf computer cluster, composed of more than 1,000 interconnected
machines. This cluster will be one of the largest parallel computing systems
in the country and will allow researchers to model hurricanes, forecasting
damage to low-lying and populated regions of the Gulf coast. The system
will also allow computational modeling of complex biological systems to
help doctors track down cancer-causing genes and aid in the development
of new pharmaceuticals.
Last updated January 2002
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