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The new SCINet website will launch in early December! You can explore our demo of the redesign now and send us your feedback.
The SCINet initiative is an effort by the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to improve the USDA’s research capacity by providing scientists with access to high-performance computing clusters, cloud computing, improved networking for data transfer, and training in scientific computing
No network upgrades are needed. Users can access Ceres and Atlas, our computing clusters, from any ARS location, university or home.
We offer many graphical programs including Galaxy, CLC workbench and Geneious.
We are expanding our mission and want to create solutions for people doing research in modeling, chemistry and geospatial analysis. If you need something to meet your needs let us know.
Use preinstalled software modules, or install our own with Conda or compile them yourself. Containers are supported, too. If you need something to meet your needs let us know.
We offer fast data transfer tools like Globus and we are upgrading our clusters to have 7.3 petabytes of storage.
SCINet is more than hardware and cables. A key part of our mission is training ARS scientists in computational methods.
Look at our use cases in (genomics, plant breeding, geospatial, hydrology) or contact your SCINet Scientific Advisory Committee representative to learn more. You can get the process started by requesting an account right now.
SCINet Scientific Computing