UCR Research Computing Knowledge Base
Welcome to the UCR Research Computing Knowledge Base! This resource hub provides practical guides, how-to articles, and technical information to help you effectively utilize UCR’s research computing resources. Use the categories below or the search bar above to find the information you need.
Getting Started
Computing Resources
High-Performance Computing (HPC)
- What is HPC?
- BLAST Searches on the HPCC Cluster
- Launching and Managing HPC Clusters
- Launching Custom Ursa Major Cluster
- HPC Job Scheduling (Slurm)
- Ursa Major HPC Clusters
- HPCC
- Building an HPC Cluster
- Comprehensive Guide to Warewulf HPC Cluster Deployment
- Building R1 AAU Research Cluster
- Open Science Grid
- Submit Job to OSG
Cloud Computing
- Cloud Computing Overview
- GCP and AWS Cloud Credits
- GCP Subscription Agreements
- Mounting Google Cloud Storage
- GCS and AWS S3
- Google Drive
- Creating a Budget for a Ursa Major/Cloud Project
- Globus Transfer
- gnextnext5
AI/ML and Edge Computing
- AI/ML Overview
- AI-Optimized HPC Clusters
- Ursa Major Research Services for AI/ML
- LLM Inference Settings
- Using Gemini for Genomics Research at UCR
- The Edge AI Revolution
- Building AI-Optimized High-Performance Computing
- Gemini for Physics Researchers
Other Computing Resources
- Ursa Major Research Workstations
- Connecting to a Ursa Major Research Workstation
- Launching a Ursa Major Research Workstation
- Research Workstations
- The Nautilus Cluster (Kubernetes)
- Nautilus
- Linux Manual
- Local Lab Storage
- On-Prem Facilities
- Web-Based Research Tools
- Accessing SDSC Comet and Running a Test Job
- Solid-State Battery Charging Simulation: An interactive p5.js animation demonstrating electron flow during battery charging with different material properties.
Data Storage
- Storage Overview
- Ursa Major Secure Research Storage
- Ursa Major Research Storage
- How to: Create a Ursa Major Research Storage Bucket
- How to: Access a Ursa Major Research Storage Bucket
- S3 Auto Migrate and Delete
- Ceph Secure Research Storage
- Dryad
- Ursa Major Data
Software and Tools
- Research Software on Ursa Major Cluster
- Installing R JAGS on Ursa Major
- Molecular Dynamics Simulation Input Files with ChatGPT
- UCR Research Computing Github Org:
- Offline LLMs (Ollama)
- UCR Computational Chemistry Software Optimization Report: An interactive report detailing the assessment of computational chemistry software, HPC performance, licensing, and recommendations for UCR’s software stack.
- Computational Chemistry Software Stack Infographic: An interactive infographic detailing the assessment of computational chemistry software, HPC performance, licensing, and recommendations for UCR’s software stack. Computational Chemistry Software Stack Infographic
- Software and Application Support
Research Facilitation
Support and Training
- Lab Support
- UCR Research Computing System Administration Service (RCSAS)
- RCSAS MOU
- Resources
- Online Courses
- Workshops and Webinars
- Emerging Research Computing Trends at R1s
Policies and Security
- Policies
- Ursa Major Policy
- UCR Data Security Plans
- Research Security
- Backup
- Cost Models
- GCP, AWS, EDP
- HPCC GPFS
- NSF Access