Center for Computationally Assisted Science and Technology

Overview

The Center for Computationally Assisted Science and Technology (CCAST, pronounced "c-cast") develops, manages, and operates high-performance, and interactive computing resources, and educates researchers on proper and efficient use of the resources and on other topics of interest to the computational science and engineering community. CCAST continually works to enhance NDSU's capabilities and competitive edge in disciplines and research that rely on advanced computing.

We use UNIX/Linux primarily. The basic level of services is FREE of charge to all faculty, staff, and students at NDSU and certain other higher-education institutions in the state of North Dakota. Additional services (for example, dedicated hardware) are available at cost.

Acknowledging CCAST: You are required to include the following statement (or a close variant) in all research outputs (papers, presentations, theses, etc.) that have used CCAST resources: "This work used resources of the Center for Computationally Assisted Science and Technology (CCAST) at North Dakota State University, which were made possible in part by National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Award No. 2019077."

Personnel

• Executive Director: Khang Hoang
  
• Consulting Statistician: Curt Doetkott
• Scientific Software Specialist: Stephen Szwiec
• Research Facilitator: Sara Tolba Selim
• HPC Systems Manager: Samuel Saula
• HPC Systems Administrator: Ryan Anderson
• HPC Systems Administrator: Aaron Janssen

Resources

• Linux-based, high-performance computing (HPC) clusters
• Researcher-owned compute and storage ("condo") units
• Permanent and scratch data storage
• Fast data transfer via Globus and ScienceDMZ
• Training in advanced research computing and related topics 
• Consulting on computational approaches, methods, and tools
• Assistance with computational workflow development
• Proposal writing assistance and research collaboration