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.
Coming Soon: Compute2 – The Future of High-Performance Computing at WashU
RIS is planning to launch Compute2, our next-generation high-performance computing platform built to meet the growing demands of the WashU research community, this September. ❗️Why it matters Compute2 is for researchers requiring cutting-edge performance for their computational research, including large datasets and complex simulations that benefit from the latest technology and the use of Artificial Intelligence. […]
Research @ WashU with Randall Martin
Background: Characterizing air quality from global to local scales by gathering satellite remote sensing or other observational data and applying the GEOS-Chem model to simulate the atmosphere, interpret those observations, and understand processes that enable prediction. Relevance: Driven strongly by the effects of air quality on human health. Objective: To understand the traditional sources and processes that […]
Compute1 Decommission Timeline
The Compute1 system is scheduled for decommissioning, effective July 1, 2027. Compute1 will remain operational at no cost until that date, to give you time to transition your workloads. ✅ Our priority: 📢 Actions to take: Below are milestones that will take place throughout fiscal year 2026 and continue into fiscal year 2027, until the decommission […]