TROY, NY, April 5, 2024 — Today, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and IBM unveiled the first IBM quantum computer on a university campus. Building on RPI’s bicentennial celebration of 200 years of firsts, the university said IBM Quantum System One will enhance educational and research opportunities for itself and other academic institutions and organizations across […]
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to Deploy IBM Quantum System
June 28, 2023 by
TROY, N.Y. and ARMONK, N.Y., June 28, 2023 — IBM and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute announced RPI will become the first university to house an IBM Quantum System One. The computer, to be operational by January 2024, will serve as the foundation of a new IBM Quantum Computational Center in partnership with RPI. RPI’s investment in quantum computing-related research […]
RPI Computer Scientist Wins NSF Award to Match Exascale Systems with Petascale Data Volumes
May 4, 2021 by
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute faculty member and computer scientist George Slota has been granted a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award to work on the problem of enabling exascale-class system to handle gigantic, petascale-class volumes of data. “How do we best understand and get insight from this kind of data? To do that, […]
AiMOS Supercomputer at Rensselaer to Battle COVID-19
March 23, 2020 by
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is enlisting AiMOS, one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. Rensselaer is reaching out to the research community, including government entities, universities, and industry, to offer access to AiMOS in support of research related to the new coronavirus disease. “This effort requires expertise, collaboration, and the ability to process incredible amounts of data, and Rensselaer is offering all three at this critical time. In particular, the ability to model at very large scales requires the unique capabilities of AiMOS.”
IBM Powers AiMos Supercomputer at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
December 6, 2019 by
The most powerful supercomputer to debut on the November 2019 Top500 ranking of supercomputers will be unveiled today at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Center for Computational Innovations (CCI). Part of a collaboration between IBM, Empire State Development (ESD), and NY CREATES, the eight petaflop IBM POWER9-equipped AI supercomputer is configured to help enable users to explore new AI applications and accelerate economic development from New York’s smallest startups to its largest enterprises.
