WashU IT Research Infrastructure Services’ mission is to facilitate the discovery of knowledge and enhance educational opportunities by providing secure, sustainable, scalable, and integrated research technology services in a collaborative and diverse environment.

Why RIS? – Researchers at WashU are encouraged to use RIS to streamline their work, boost performance, ensure data security, and foster collaboration with ease, all while focusing on groundbreaking discoveries and quality research. Explore the full benefits of using RIS.


Available Now: Compute2 – The Future of High-Performance Computing at WashU

RIS is excited to announce the successful completion and launch of Compute2, our next-generation high-performance computing platform built to meet the growing demands of the WashU research community. Compute2 is available now! ❗️Why it matters Compute2 is for researchers requiring cutting-edge performance for their computational research, including large datasets and complex simulations that benefit from […]

Research @ WashU with the Chen Lab

Mission: Developing innovative, focused ultrasound technology for applications evolving the brain. This makes ultrasounds more affordable, portable, and noninvasive, allowing for the interface with the brain without any surgery.  Objective: To transform the process of neurosurgery and introduce the concept of using ultrasound technology in neuroscience to study how the brain functions non-invasively.  Resulted Success: Published last […]

HPC & AI Training Series

We are excited to announce our upcoming training series. Whether you are a beginner looking to speed up C code or an advanced user scaling AI models on RIS Compute2, we have a training designed for you.  Available Trainings Best For What you’ll learn When Introduction to Parallel Computing (C & OpenMP) Researchers using traditional simulation […]

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TRIADS Training Series: Data Visualization with Python Series

March 23, 2026 and March 25, 2026
11:30 am
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AI Environments: PyTorch and Container Technologies

March 27, 2026
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
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Scale Your AI: Multi-Node Training & Profiling

March 31, 2026
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm