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Center for High Performance Computing and Mass Storage (CISM)

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Technical and scientific expertise

  • Management of UCLouvain scientific computing clusters and data storage systems
  • Access to similar infrastructure at the level of the Walloon-Brussels Federation via CECI, as well as at national and European levels
  • Consultancy, training and advice on all aspects related to scientific computing and data storage

Main equipment

  • Two clusters with a combined capacity of over 8,000 computing cores
  • Petabytes of storage space for short- and long-term storage

Get an overview of the platform’s facilities via a virtual tour.

Applications

  • Computing solutions: large number of high-performance CPUs, large memories, ultra-fast networks, GPUs
  • Mass storage: multiterabyte data storage, data sharing, archiving and long-term storage, open data solutions
  • Coaching: customised group training, specific documentation, face-to-face or online individual coaching.
  • Consultancy: hardware acquisition, infrastructure management, scientific software installation
  • Training: Linux-Unix, programming languages, compilers, code optimisation, parallel computing

Services available to

  • The entire UCLouvain university community
  • UCLouvain partner university researchers

  • 16 September 2024
    2024 CISM HPC training sessions: registration is open!
    The new season of HPC training courses organized by CISM and its partners starts in October. Don't hesitate to register and spread the word to your colleagues!
  • 29 March 2024
    CISM is organising the CÉCI User Day on 18 April!
    The next CÉCI - Consortium des Équipements de Calcul Intensif - user day will be held in Louvain-la-Neuve on Thursday April 18th from 12:45 to 18:00.
  • 6 December 2023
    New computing cluster at CISM: twice the power
    CISM welcomes Lemaitre4, its new computing cluster. It will offer more than 5,000 computing cores, a hyper-fast network and storage, with performance more than double that of its predecessor, Lemaitre3.
  • 4 September 2023
    CISM: registration open for 2023 training courses in HPC (High Performance Computing)
    The annual HPC training courses organised by CISM and its partners will start next month. Don't hesitate to register and spread the word!