The Rutgers Discovery Informatics Institute (RDI2) uses advanced computation to address today’s compute- and data-intensive grand challenges in science, engineering, and industry. The institute broadens access to the state-of-the-art computing technology that enables large-scale data analytics, computational modeling, and simulations, all of which are playing an increasingly important role in research and innovation.
The Rutgers Discovery Informatics Institute (RDI2), New Jersey’s Center for Advanced Computation, is a world-class advanced computation institute that provides academic and industry researchers with the resources, skills, and expert support necessary to leverage advanced computation technology.
Rutgers is implementing RDI2 in three phases, the first of which was completed in March 2012 with the installation of our IBM Blue Gene®/P supercomputer, “Excalibur.” The second phase will commence in mid-2012, and will include Rutgers’ acquisition of two racks of IBM’s most powerful supercomputer, the Blue Gene®/Q. Finally, RDI2’s third phase of development will include Rutgers’ acquisition of more computational power and the opening of an expanded facility at Innovation Park@Rutgers, on the university’s Livingston Campus in Piscataway, New Jersey.
When complete, RDI2 will house one of the world’s 10 most powerful academic supercomputers.
“The application of analytics to ‘Big Data’ has quickly emerged as the new foundry of the 21st-century economy. IBM is eager to team with Rutgers to help improve New Jersey’s economic competitiveness through this center. IBM firmly believes that public-private collaboration and research will be critical in ensuring our workforce is equipped and empowered with next-generation skills like analytics.”
Phil Guido, IBM general manager, North America
May 22nd: A RDI2/Iowa State team recently conducted groundbreaking research on microfluid channel flow using a dynamically federated and geographically distributed HPC-Cloud infrastructure. This research has been featured in both The Digital Manufacturing Report and HPC in the Cloud.
May 9th: Dr. Larry Smarr is presenting "Discovering Yourself with Computational Bioinformatics." Click here to read more about this RDI2 Distinguished Seminar.
February 2013: NJ Big Data Alliance is grabbing headlines in the NJ Tech Weekly article "NJ Big Data Alliance - Big Deal for Economic Growth in New Jersey"
Manish Parashar is a AAAS Fellow and professor in the Rutgers School of Engineering's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is also director of the NSF Cloud and Autonomic Computing (CAC) Center at Rutgers, director of the Applied Software Systems Laboratory at Rutgers, and associate director of the Rutgers Center for Information Assurance. Recently, he served as program director in the Office of Cyberinfrastructure at the National Science Foundation, where he managed an approximately $150 million research portfolio. Learn more.
