Alabama Supercomputer Authority (ASA)
The Alabama Supercomputer Authority (ASA) is a state-funded corporation founded in 1989 for the purpose of planning, acquiring, developing, administering and operating a statewide supercomputer and related telecommunication systems. Researchers may purchase cycles on ASA’s HPC clusters. ASA and UA are connected directly by the high-speed, high-bandwidth UA System Regional Optical Network (UAS-RON).
Alabama Supercomputer AuthorityXSEDE/ACCESS
The Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment is the most advanced, powerful, and robust collection of integrated advanced digital resources and services in the world. OIT’s Center for Research Computing, through the XSEDE/ACCESS Campus Champions program, can help researchers gain access to resources at national supercomputing labs.
XSEDEHiPerGator 3.0 – coming Fall ’22
The University of Florida generously offers limited use of HiPerGator 3.0 – a supercomputer built with GPU acceleration and AI research in mind – to other SEC schools for pedagogical purposes. Please contact OIT for details regarding proposal submission and program contact information.