Computational Science Research Center

Computational Science Research Center

Services

The Computational Sciences Research Center at San Diego State University provides a variety of research-related consulting services, scientific advising, and computer support for faculty and partner researchers in various areas of expertise based on individual needs. Billing is based on the following fee structure.

Internal – University Operating Fund Department
$75 per hour

External – Non University Operating Fund Dept., Campus Auxiliary, or External Off-Campus Vendor
$80 per hour

SDSU Research Foundation Grant – SDSU Research Foundation Grant Funding
$75 per hour

Examples of support we currently provide include:

  •  Data center management and operations
  • Systems administration/maintenance for large high performance parallel computing clusters
  • Faculty, post-doc, student training/consulting on use of high performance computing clusters
  • Scientific software and algorithm development, modeling, data analytics, machine learning, and scientific visualization tailored to leverage high performance computing systems
  • Design/management of big data frameworks for working with large complex data sets
  • Consultation and design for high performance parallel computing, GPU, FPGA accelerator, and embedded systems hardware configurations
  • Administrative support for multiple computing platforms and research data consistent with HIPAA requirements for SDSU HealthLINK
 
 

NSF Cyberinfrastructure Proposal Documents

  • Facilities, Equipment, and Other Resources [download] (.docx file, right-click and Save link as…)

CSRC Computing Services Costs

  • Cluster access fee with support: $2000/year per research project
  • SDSU Science DMZ network connections:
    • 40 Gbps: $4,293 set up fee + $75 labor (one time only)
    • 10 Gbps: $446 set up fee + $75 labor (one time only)
    • Maintenance: $500/year

The setup fee includes a 10/40Gbps network interface adapter and a fiber-optic patch cable for your server or workstation.

  • Data storage: $4/TB per month
  • Consulting support: $75/hour
  • Server hosting services: $100/year per server height U(nit)