By Wang Junhong on 6 Oct, 2015
Introduction Data transfer over internet has become a norm nowadays such that many people move data everyday by using mobile apps …
» Tips to Improve Parallel Job Efficiency
By Zhang Xinhuai and Wang Junhong on 6 Oct, 2015
Running parallel jobs can speed up the computation or simulation. Resources can also be used more efficiently. A recent study of …
» Free Energy Landscape Exploration Using GROMACS
By Cong Peiwen and Yan Jie (Mechanobiology Institute) on 28 May, 2015
Introduction Free energy is the thermodynamic quantity of potential importance, because it reflects the intrinsic characteristics of targeting systems. In a …
» How To Be More Productive in HPC
By Tan Chee Chiang (Research Computing, Computer Centre) on 28 May, 2015
When you are running research simulation at our HPC system, using as many CPU cores as you can get for a …
» Achieving High Performance Through Benchmarking and Compilation Optimization
By Wang Junhong, Zhang Xinhuai (Research Computing, Computer Centre), Srikanth Gumma (Research Computing, Wipro Limited), Krishna Mohan Gupta (Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering) on 28 May, 2015
Introduction Over the years, many open-source software packages for scientific research have been developed and are widely accepted by research community. …
» The Benchmark Test of a Parallel Spatial Agent-Based Model Using 128 Cores
By Dr. Ick-Hoi Kim, Prof. Ming-Hsiang Tsou, and A/Prof. Chen-Chieh Feng. Department of Geography on 11 Feb, 2015
Introduction (The Schelling model) The utilization of HPC for spatial simulation has been an uncharted territory for most social scientists. However, …
» Create Animation for Your Transient Simulation
By Wang Junhong, Research Computing, Computer Centre on 11 Feb, 2015
Introduction Do you need to create animations for best illustration of the transient results from the time-dependent simulations you are running? …
» 2014 Review – Data, Data and More Data
By Tan Chee Chiang, Research Computing, Computer Centre on 11 Feb, 2015
Over the past years, more focus has been placed on data centric development in research computing and HPC, both locally and …
» My Experience with HPC Pay-Per-Use Service
By Dr Tay Wee Beng, Temasek Laboratories on 1 Oct, 2014
For those who need ad-hoc usage to run large simulations requiring 100+ CPUs, HPC offers a more cost effective solution with …
» Using OpenFOAM to Study Flow Past Tandem Cylinders
By Dr Harish Gopalan and Dr Rajeev Kumar Jaiman, Department of Mechanical Engineering on 1 Oct, 2014
The open-source CFD solver OpenFOAM-2.3.x has been compiled and installed on the central HPC cluster using Intel compilers and OpenMPI. Using …