Harrisburg University
CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT IN RESEARCH COMPUTING
Harrisburg University
CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT IN RESEARCH COMPUTING
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About
Center for Advancement in Research Computing
CARC’s Mission
The Center for Advancement in Research Computing (CARC) at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology (HU) was founded in 2024 to promote the use of advanced computing resources by emerging scientific minds. CARC provides robust computing resources that support experiential academic learning as well as scientific research and exploration conducted by students, staff, faculty, and academic and industry partners.
CARC’s Resources
CARC provides comprehensive on-premises computing and multi-cloud computing infrastructure for all fields of scientific and technological research, with support capabilities including:
- Complex, large-scale modeling and simulation
- Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)
- Generative AI and large language models (LLM)
- Course content computing support
- Doctoral data science research
- Cybersecurity education
- Virtual computing environments for STEM exploration
CARC’s Objectives
- Provide ongoing training and career development
- Achieve greater integration of HU programs and courses utilizing CARC resources
- Become a central resource for HU doctoral students conducting research
- Serve as a STEM catalyst to regional high school students and teachers
- Expand HU computing partnerships with regional universities
- Continuously grow CARC’s cloud technology portfolio
- Conduct summer technology workshops and offer certificates
- Host events showcasing HU and high school student achievements
Team
Ron Jones
Instructor of Cybersecurity
Aditya Syal
Lead Cloud Architect/ Instructor
Projects and Case Studies
HU Digital Commons: Student Projects
"Building Digital Infrastructure with Kubernetes and Raspberry PIs” – Felix J. Dominguez
“Life Lion HITRUST After Assessment Report” – Ben Wood
“Using Neural Networks to Detect Malicious/Phishing URLs” – Reed Franz
IEEE Publications: Students and Faculty
“Towards High-Performance Stock Market Prediction Methods” (2020 IEEE Cloud Summit) – Sangwhan Cha, Warren Landis
High School Intern
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HU Digital Commons: Student Projects
- “Blockchain Storage: Drive Configurations and Performance Analysis” – Jesse Garner
- “Building Digital Infrastructure with Kubernetes and Raspberry PIs” – Felix J. Dominguez [couldn’t find link]
- “Life Lion HITRUST After Assessment Report” – Ben Wood
- “Using Neural Networks to Detect Malicious/Phishing URLs” – Reed Franz
IEEE Publications: Students and Faculty
- “Analysis of Cloud Bursting from the OpenStack Infrastructure to AWS” (2020 IEEE Cloud Summit) – Ron Jones, Bao Pham, Majid Shaalan
- “Towards High-Performance Stock Market Prediction Methods” (2020 IEEE Cloud Summit) – Sangwhan Cha, Warren Landis
High School Intern
- CARC lab intern from Boiling Springs High School accepted into US Space Force ROTC program
Upcoming Events
Check back soon for updates on planned events!
Collaborations
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- Open Science Grid / Open Science Pool
- PA Science DMZ
- Pennsylvania State University
- Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC)
- Regional high schools
- RedHat
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Collaborating with CARC is a way to pool ideas, skillsets, and computing resources that benefit scholars and researchers at all levels of education, including high schools. This builds a large population of emerging technologists to feed vital STEM pipelines across engineering, research, and education fields. CARC strives to:
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- Seek out new collaboration partners.
- Boost HU faculty engagement and course technology.
- Identify new computing technologies – e.g. photonic and ARM computing.
- Offer ongoing training and career development in advanced computing technologies.
- Provide the right computational tools needed for classroom and research success.
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Computer Literacy Initiative
The CARC Computer Literacy Initiative is seeking to partner with regional high schools to increase the number of high school students entering STEM professions. Our approach is to work with teachers who guide or instruct students in the use of CARC high-throughput computing services to explore computer science, networking, computer programming, or any STEM field requiring computers.
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The CARC Team works with high school teachers to build projects that guide students in exploring STEM technology areas. Students create a GitHub account, which the teacher utilizes to control access to CARC computing resources.
CARC provides access to computing resources that go beyond basic personal computers or typical datacenter servers. CARC resources are provided at no cost to the high school, teacher, or student. The student connects to a virtual machine (VM) using any computer and their favorite popular web browser.
PA Science DMZ
Harrisburg University is working with Penn State University to join the PA Science DMZ, a statewide network aimed at expanding access to cyberinfrastructure resources and services for under-resourced Pennsylvania colleges and universities, with the goal of supporting research and education in science- and technology-focused fields.
Contact CARC
CARC provides a range of tools and services to support your research journey, from data collection and analysis to data storage and preservation.
Our clients have access to advanced research computing and storage services at no cost (for HU students, staff, and faculty) or a consumption-based model (for clients outside the HU ecosystem), where users are billed at a subsidized rate for computing resources and a fixed monthly rate for storage, regardless of usage.
Get Started: HU Students, Staff, and Faculty
Are you a student or researcher at HU looking to expand your computing capacity beyond your local resources? Request access now to take advantage of the open computing services offered by the Center for Advancement in Research Computing.
To utilize CARC high-throughput computing resources, please submit an IT ticket using these steps:
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- Visit https://ithelp.harrisburgu.edu/support/home.
- Log in with your HU credentials.
- Select “New Support Ticket.”
- Complete each field with as much information as possible.
- Be sure to check the box for High-Performance Computing (HPC) Lab.
Get Started: Non-HU Educators, Investigators, Project Leads
Are you an educator, principal investigator, or project lead from an organization outside the HU ecosystem? We invite you to submit a short project request that includes details about the project, its timetable, and an estimate of anticipated usage. Usage is based on Service Units.
CARC allocates 150,000 SUs to faculty instructors for distribution to their students; these Service Units must be used within a four-month period beginning at time of approval. More Service units can be requested by a company if unallocated SUs are available and approved by the instructor. CARC works with the requester to create an SU estimate based on the requester’s computing and support requirements before the start of the project.
The types of high-powered computing services offered by CARC include:
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- VMs/servers with nested virtualization
- Jupyter environments
- Dedicated servers (bare metal)
- Kubernetes clusters
- Virtual desktops
- Other services may qualify based on request
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