Cutting edge for the cutting edge: The vision for how high performance computing can empower OSU’s researchers
As one of three universities in the nation with a land, sea, sun and space grant, Oregon State University is on the cutting edge of research. From studying how gut microbes found in wild wolves can help improve the gut health of domestic dogs to developing a robot swarm that can travel under ocean ice shelves to collaborating with art historians and examining how historical artwork can reveal ecological information about forests or other landscapes, OSU’s catalog of research is vast, transformative and impactful. And to help keep OSU’s research capabilities cutting edge, OSU’s researchers need a technological capability that is equally as cutting edge.
Enter Digital Research Infrastructure.
Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI) is a branch of OSU IT that enables researchers to collect, store, access and distribute their data — while maintaining data compliancy — through the power of research computing. From optimizing resources and modeling climate changes to spurring product innovation and advancing healthcare, research computing helps pave the way for groundbreaking discoveries that have the potential to drive big solutions.
In his video interview, newly-hired Executive Director for Digital Research Infrastructure, Mark Keever, talks about his vision for research computing and its importance at OSU.