Computing Information
The Division offers excellent computing facilities and support on both the departmental and university levels. Located only a block away, The Watson Center for Information Technology (CIT) is the center of Brown's computing facilities. Housing many computer workstations and clusters, it offers a help desk with expert consultants. Within the Division of Applied Mathematics, desktop support is offered by the Division's Systems Manager, David Lukas, and the Department Computer Coordinator, Stephanie Han. The Division also works closely with the Center for Computing and Visualization (Sam Fulcomer) and maintains a strong relationship to insure our advanced computing facilities.
Housed in the Center for Computation and Visualization are parallel computing platforms with a total of roughly 500 CPUs, including several Linux cluster and an IBM SP. The Center also maintains an Immersive Virtual Reality display, a “Cave”, for scientific visualization and graphics research. Data storage facilities include 40 terabytes of RAID disk and a 600 terabyte tape library. These core computing and data facilities are integrated with the Division desktop networks and the campus backbone network through Gigabit Ethernet routing switches.
The Division desktop environment is a mix of Intel-architecture PCs and workstations running the Windows and Linux operating systems. The University maintains a broad range of campus-licensed software, including compilers, numerical libraries, mathematical problem-solving environments, visualization software, statistical packages and productivity software.
Computer problems, questions, and purchases should all be directed through the Division'sl Systems Administrator. The best way to do this is to send mail to support@dam.brown.edu.
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