High Performance Computing

Use LSU's high-performance computing infrastructure to tackle computationally intensive research. Our team provides access, consulting, and technical guidance for scalable research computing workflows.

When to use this service

• Your research requires more computing power than a desktop or workstation can provide.
• You need to run simulations, data-intensive analyses, AI/ML workloads, or large-scale computational experiments.
• You want to improve runtime performance, scalability, or workflow efficiency.
• You need access to GPU resources or parallel computing environments.
• You are preparing a grant proposal and need assistance estimating computing requirements.
• You need expert guidance on software environments, job scheduling, data movement, or workflow design.

What you get

• Access to LSU's high-performance computing infrastructure and research software environments.
• Consultation on resource selection, including CPU, GPU, storage, and data-transfer requirements.
• Assistance with application deployment, job scheduling, and workflow optimization.
• Performance tuning and scalability recommendations to improve research productivity.
• Support for AI, machine learning, simulation, and data-intensive research workloads.
• Guidance for grant proposals, including resource planning and letters of support when appropriate.

How to start

• Submit an HPC support request with a brief description of your research project and computational goals.
• Provide information about your software, datasets, expected scale, and anticipated computing requirements.
• Meet with a Research Computing consultant to discuss infrastructure options, workflows, and resource needs.