Research
Research
As a University-wide program, the Center for Integrated Research Computing fosters and supports a wide variety of academic disciplines, as well as innovative interdisciplinary and cross-division collaborations. The gallery below highlights some of the research projects that are supported by CIRC.
Molecular model of multiphase H2O (Blue: Ice VI and Red: Ice HDA) designed by Ali K. Shargh.
Illustration of DPPC-DAPC phase separation, courtesy of Grossfield Lab
Illustration of internal water density from an all-atom simulation of the Beta-2 Adrenergic Receptor, courtesy of the Grossfield Lab
Reverberant Shear Wave Propagation within the Liver Model. Image courtesy of Sedigheh S. Poul and Kevin J. Parker
Turbulence driven by bipolar outflows from young stars. Image courtesy of Adam Frank (astrophysics)
Microscopic view of mouse lung after infection with influenza. Image courtesy of David Topham (microbiology & immunology)
Image courtesy of Petros Tzeferacos and the Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Image courtesy of Petros Tzeferacos and the Laboratory for Laser EnergeticsCIRC Collaborations
The Center for Integrated Research Computing supports researchers from the School of Medicine and Dentistry, the School of Arts and Sciences, and Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences from the University of Rochester. CIRC provides support for and collaborates with over 600 faculty sponsors from over 150 departments and centers.
The Center supports multiple sponsored research awards that have a total aggregated annual funding of $165 million from federal, state, and private granting agencies. In addition to many departments and centers, CIRC provides computational support for the Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (GIDS-AI) at the University of Rochester. CIRC also has an established record of providing advanced computational support to medical center core facilities and projects managed by large federal agency contracts, such as the University of Rochester Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE), funded by the Department of Energy.
CIRC also serves as the University of Rochester’s gateway to Empire AI, which is a shared New York State resource to supply advanced GPU computing technology to several institutions across New York. Along with Columbia University, Cornell University, CUNY, New York University, RPI, SUNY schools, the Flatiron Institute, and RIT, the University of Rochester is provided advanced GPU resources for research projects that involve AI.