{"id":215,"date":"2016-12-07T14:32:07","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T19:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/research-resources\/?page_id=215"},"modified":"2026-07-14T17:06:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T21:06:58","slug":"leavitt-hpc-cluster","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/research-resources\/leavitt-hpc-cluster\/","title":{"rendered":"Leavitt HPC Cluster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Leavitt – What is it?<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Leavitt is a high performance computing cluster (HPCC) named in honor of Henrietta Swan Leavitt<\/a> (left), an <\/span>American astronomer whose discoveries at the turn of the 20th Century helped shape our understanding of our expanding universe.  <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originally constructed at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ in the fall of 2016 with the support of startup funds from Professors Jeffrey Oishi and Aleksandar Diamond-Stanic<\/a>, Leavitt has been designed as a community-based resource to support the curricular and scholarly needs of all ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ faculty, students, and staff. The original system was replaced during the summer of 2023 with funds from the Dean of Faculty, Information and Library Services, and the Digital and Computational Studies Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of Fall 2023, Leavitt  consists of 9 compute nodes each with dual AMD EPYC processors with a total of 1152 cores, plus an enhanced GPU node running 2 NVIDIA Ampere Core GPUs. The cluster runs a variation of Linux CentOS 8.x and uses the Bright Cluster Management System. For more information about the technical aspects of the cluster, see the Hardware Specs<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Requests for access to Leavitt HPC are made and sponsored by ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ faculty and Academic Staff.  If you are a student seeking access, a faculty sponsor must request access for you.  To request access to Leavitt, please see the access request form here<\/a>. You can also find answers to many common questions and access support documentation on the right menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½, high-performance computing is for everyone \u2014 not just superheroes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Questions? Please contact:<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Michael Hanrahan
Hedge Hall 213
207-786-6386
mhanraha@bates.edu
Director for Curricular and Research Computing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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