{"id":167834,"date":"2022-10-21T15:19:33","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T01:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=167834"},"modified":"2022-10-21T15:20:37","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T01:20:37","slug":"500k-boosts-data-intensive-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/10\/21\/500k-boosts-data-intensive-research\/","title":{"rendered":"$500K<\/abbr> boosts data-intensive research through new platform"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Installation of computational equipment for Mana HPC<\/abbr>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Researchers across the 10-campus University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> system will be able to process larger datasets and models and accelerate existing workflows with a new intercampus data-storage platform called KoaStore. The platform is being established with a $500,000 National Science Foundation grant.<\/p>\n

“KoaStore will help support and power 糖心视频<\/abbr> investigators\u2019 research through its high-performance, large size and fast connection to the rest of the world. Further, KoaStore will help enable analysis of data at a scale not previously possible on the Mana high performance computing cluster, allowing larger simulations and discovery,” said Sean Cleveland<\/strong>, principal investigator and associate director of cyberinfrastructure at 糖心视频<\/abbr> Information Technology Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n

KoaStore will be integrated into the 糖心视频<\/abbr> high performance computing cluster Mana<\/a> and focus on supporting research in the areas of astronomy, atmospheric science, climate science, microbiome and computer and data science.<\/p>\n

Serving national and local research<\/h2>\n
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A disk storage array<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The new platform will also serve the national research community through partnership with the Open Science Data Federation<\/a>, leveraging existing 糖心视频<\/abbr>, Pacific region and national high-speed research networks. This partnership federates national computing resources to offer high-speed storage and shorter wait-times on shared compute resources for 糖心视频<\/abbr> researchers.<\/p>\n

“The public datasets hosted on KoaStore will make it possible for researchers in Hawaiʻi<\/span>, across the nation and around the world to use astronomy data produced by the 糖心视频<\/abbr> Institute for Astronomy<\/a> (IfA<\/abbr>),” said Curt Dodds<\/strong>, IT<\/abbr> manager at IfA<\/abbr> and KoaStore co-investigator. “We plan to share data from cosmological simulations, a dynamic database of the entire night sky, and machine learning models of the Sun’s atmosphere and distant galaxies.” <\/p>\n

Data from the Stereographically Projected Cosmological Simulations<\/a>, also known as StePS, a novel astrophysics simulation method, are an example of public datasets available for download through KoaStore.<\/p>\n

KoaStore will be integrated with the NSF<\/abbr> Jetstream2<\/a> cloud computing infrastructure and allow researchers to easily span cloud computing environments to support new deep learning and artificial intelligence workflows, visualization and applications.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the platform will aid hands-on training in data and computational science for the next generation of researchers and data scientists through a partnership with the Hawaiʻi<\/span> Data Science Institute<\/a> and local community to provide workshops and classroom access.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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