ITS works to promote and enhance research and high-performance computing (HPC) resources and capacities at Lafayette. The Research and HPC team provides both on-campus and web services to support faculty with computationally intensive research or teaching. These include an HPC cluster located on campus, Posit Cloud, Google Colab, and Jupyter Notebook services, together with support for research projects, software needs, and guidance with leveraging NSF-funded resources.
For more information or to discuss your research and computational pedagogical needs, please contact the Lafayette Service Desk at help@lafayette.edu.
Computational Cluster and Research Computing Services
General information about the Firebird HPC cluster and research computing services.
Information on HPC and related services
Accessing HPC Systems
Obtaining an HPC cluster account, logging in, transferring files, etc.
Information on accessing Lafayette's HPC cluster
HPC Software
The array of software that's available for use on the Firebird HPC cluster. Click here to see the list, as well as instructions for use.
Information on the available parallelized software
Jupyter Resources
The College provides access to Jupyter Notebook environments via Google Colab and JupyterHub.
Information on accessing and using Jupyter resources
Posit Cloud
Posit is a web-based service that delivers the experience of RStudio in a web browser.
Information on accessing and using Posit Cloud
SLURM Tutorial
Basic information and tutorials for using the Slurm Workload Manager.
Information on HPC cluster workload submission and the use of Slurm
ACCESS
Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support (ACCESS).
Information on requesting and using ACCESS resources