Rutgers Teams With International Business Machines Corp To Build High-Performance Computing Center In New Jersey

Rutgers announced that it has formally launched a high-performance computing (HPC) center at the university focused on the application of Big Data analytics in life sciences, finance, and other industries. The center is aimed at improving the economic competitiveness of New Jersey's public and private research organizations. The HPC center will be part of the newly created Rutgers Discovery Informatics Institute (RDI2) and will utilize supercomputing equipment and software provided by International Business Machines Corp(IBM) in the project's first phase. Rutgers has agreed to purchase hardware and software from IBM, as well as entering into a three-year maintenance agreement for the equipment. As future funding becomes available, Rutgers expects to add the latest-generation Blue Gene/Q system by the end of the year. Rutgers also envisions building an expanded facility on the Busch campus in 2013 as the system and center grows.