The power of dragons
UAB secures more research funding every year than all other universities in Alabama combined, bringing high-impact innovations as well as jobs and a tremendous economic benefit to Birmingham, Alabama and beyond. UAB also houses Alabama’s fastest high-performance computer, which supports more than 1,000 researchers with research portfolios in excess of $125 million annually. These researchers are intent on changing the world.
Cheaha Supercomputer
UAB’s high performance supercomputer. Learn how it can help you and get started.
We’re here to help you
UAB IT Research Computing provides comprehensive support for researchers that use Cheaha, develop and maintain the cluster, and provide advanced software and consulting support if needed by researchers. Research Computing staff also maintain proposal support documentation, such as letters of commitment and facilities descriptions, to allow researchers a tighter focus on their projects.
Monthly Training
Second Wednesday of each month
1 - 2:30 pm, 4th Floor LHL
- Job Scheduling
- GPU Computation
- Jupyter Notebooks
- Requesting Resources
Walk In & Appointments
- Mondays 10 am - 1 pm
2nd Floor CIRC - Thursdays 10 am - noon
LHL 404 - Wednesdays 1 - 3 pm
LHL 404
Contact us to make an appointment
- 205-996-4300
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Data Science Club
A weekly exploration of the practical use of data science
GBSC 720
Fridays 9:30 - 10:30 am, held virtually via YouTube.
Latest on Research
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Cheaha user honored by AHA
Cheaha user Ramaraju Rudraraju, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Surgery, is part of the UAB team that won an American Heart Association prize for project mapping links between health disparities and COVID-19. Learn more at the UAB Reporter.
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Supercomputer Cheaha now certified for HIPAA data
The high-performance computer Cheaha has been officially certified as HIPAA-compliant, giving researchers who work with protected health information such as patient records the power of Alabama's fastest supercomputer. Read more on the UAB eReporter.
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Research Computing schedules July virtual training
UAB IT Research Computing has scheduled a virtual training session to help researchers effectively use the high-performance computing resources on campus.The next user meeting and training session is scheduled for Wednesday, July 15, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. You can[…]
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Research Computing training scheduled for June
UAB IT Research Computing has scheduled its latest training/help session for users to effectively use the HPC resources on campus.The team will be discussing easy tools and methods for managing your virtual environments on the Cheaha HPC resource, including but[…]
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