Research Computing and Data Support for the University Community

Welcome to the Center for High Performance Computing (CHPC) at the University of Utah. The CHPC is the university community’s home for research computing and data. Our vision is to support the ever-increasing—and increasingly diverse—computing needs of researchers. Whether you’re studying the structure and function of proteins, analyzing patterns in the formation of sea ice, or examining speech in audio recordings, the CHPC is here to help.

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Our services

HPC clusters

Run your research software on our high-performance computing systems

Machine learning and artificial intelligence resources

Make use of hardware and software for machine learning and artificial intelligence

Storage and data transfer

Choose the right type of storage for your research data and transfer your data to and from CHPC resources

Hosting

Host your virtual machine or scientific web application with us

Secure computing

Analyze your sensitive data in our secure research computing environments

Consultation

Get help from our staff scientists and engineers, who have experience performing computational research

Upcoming events

April 7

Hands-on Introduction to R (session 2 of 3)

Tuesday, April 7, 2026, 1 – 3pm MDT

April 8

PSC Monthly Workshop: Machine Learning and BIG DATA (day 1 of 2)

Wednesday, April 8, 2026, 9am – 3pm MDT

April 9

PSC Monthly Workshop: Machine Learning and BIG DATA (day 2 of 2)

Thursday, April 9, 2026, 9am – 3:30pm MDT

April 9

Hands-on Introduction to R (session 3 of 3)

Thursday, April 9, 2026, 1 – 3pm MDT

April 10

CHPC Virtual Office Hours

Friday, April 10, 2026, 12 – 1pm MDT

April 14

RAI Seminar: Move Slow and Build Community

Tuesday, April 14, 2026, 10:30 – 11:30am MDT

April 14

Using R at the CHPC

Tuesday, April 14, 2026, 1 – 2pm MDT

April 16

Workflows Using Nextflow

Thursday, April 16, 2026, 1 – 3pm MDT

April 17

CHPC Virtual Office Hours

Friday, April 17, 2026, 12 – 1pm MDT

April 21

Coding Agents at the CHPC

Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 1 – 2pm MDT

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Recent updates

Utah wildfire camera network supports management efforts, U research

The University of Utah is working with local and national partners to implement AI-supported wildfire monitoring systems with the Utah Wildfire Camera Network project. The project involves deploying and supporting AI-enabled cameras to improve early detection of, and response to, wildfires.

Resources from the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot

The National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot is an initiative to provide researchers and educators with access to AI resources. Researchers can apply for access to computational resources for research or teaching and make use of software, data, and models available through the program and its partners.

Upcoming machine learning and big data workshop

On April 8 and 9, the CHPC is hosting the Machine Learning and Big Data workshop from the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) as a satellite site. This in-person event requires registration.

AI assistants

The CHPC is setting up AI assistant clients that interface with either cloud or local AI models. Several modules are available to users and can work with commercial or local models.

Reminder: Changes to CHPC user onboarding (CHPC Portal) are coming soon

An upcoming release of the CHPC Portal will include features related to user and group management.

Changes in Protected Environment One-U RAI scheduling policies

The CHPC will adjust scheduling policies for nodes owned by the One-U Responsible AI Initiative in the Protected Environment to improve responsiveness in response to user feedback.

Network infrastructure upgrades overnight on April 16–17 will affect some CHPC resources

The Utah Education and Telehealth Network will perform upgrades on its network infrastructure from 11:00 p.m. (MDT) on April 16 to 3:00 a.m. on April 17. Most CHPC systems and services will be unaffected by this work, but some may experience network interruptions.

Storage in General Environment backordered due to market conditions

Storage in the General Environment is currently backordered due to market conditions. CHPC staff expect new storage capacity to be available around June.

Awarded allocation for the spring quarter is now available

Allocation provides priority access to resources on some CHPC clusters. For details and instructions on applying for allocation, please see the documentation on allocations.

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Featured research by CHPC users

Quantum Computing for Dispersion Bands of Phononic Crystals

Research by Yunya Liu, Sharat Paul, and Pai Wang

University of Utah Department of Mechanical Engineering

Investigating the vibro-elastic dispersion relations of architected materials presents a significant challenge due to the complex interplay between the material's microstructure, inherent physical properties, and wave propagation characteristics. Liu, Paul, and Wang present dispersion band predictions for architected materials using the Dual-Adapt framework, which integrates adaptive ansatz and adaptive penalty with the Variational Quantum Deflation (VQD) method. The group's algorithm (Dual-Adapt-VQD) significantly improves the accuracy of predictions for multiple high-lying excited states, marking a pivotal step in equipping the meta-materials research community for the forthcoming quantum computing era.

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If you have any questions or would like to chat about our services, please get in touch. Our dedicated team of scientists and engineers, system administrators, network engineers, software developers, security professionals, and students is always willing to help.

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