Author: Terrance Figy

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Higgs boson discovery, Wichita’s State’s High Energy Physics (HEP) Theory Group will host a watch party featuring live video coverage of the national celebration Higgs@10 at 11 a.m. today, June 30 at 262 Rhatigan Student Center.

The Higgs discovery on July 4, 2012, at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, Switzerland, was a remarkable milestone in the history of Experimental and Theoretical Particle Physics.

Dr. Terrance Figy, Wichita State Department of Physics, Mathematics and Statistics assistant professor and theoretical physicist, has contributed to the modeling of the Higgs boson production. Dr. Nick Solomey, WSU professor of physics, spent seven years at the European Center for Nuclear Research, the Geneva Switzerland-based research facility where the Higgs boson was discovered.

Participants can also watch the event via Zoom.

Do you want to learn what WSU is doing to enhance capabilities in the area of research computing? Join a “Computing tools for research and instruction” instruction at 11 a.m.-noon March 22 at the Rhatigan Student Center Gridley Room.

During the session, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences assistant professor and undergraduate coordinator Dr. Terrance Figy and Kansas State University system administrator Kyle Huston will provide an overview of computing tools that are available to faculty and students at Wichita State:

Free computing tools at WSU

• Machine Learning Tools – TensorFlow, Spark
• Tools for Coders – Python, C++, C, Fortran, R
• General Purpose Tools: MATLAB, MATHEMATICA, Python, R

Free access to regional multi-user computing facilities (hardware tools):

• BeoShock High Performance Computing Center
• BeoCat High Performance Computing Center
• Open Science Grid

The next training session for BeoShock is 1-4 p.m. Oct. 14 and will take place both online and in person. The location of the training will be announced at a later date.

BeoShock, Wichita State University’s high-performance computing cluster, is available to students, faculty and staff. Since its implementation, it has helped accelerate research and provided valuable computing experiences for students.

Named BeoShock after “Beowulf,” the computing cluster has two large GPUs and 720 CPU cores. As a comparison, most end-user computing devices have one CPU having between one and eight total cores.

This training session will be given at an introductory level so no prior experience with any HPC system is required. The two primary goals of this training are to help minimize the obstacles new users encounter and to improve their productivity with the system. The training agenda is as follows:

• Hour 1: Introduction to Linux and command-line.
• Hour 2: Introduction to BeoShock and the scheduler.
• Hour 3: Open OnDemand and a question and answer session.

For participants who want to follow along with the  training, it is highly recommended that they request an account on BeoShock if they do not already have one.

Wichita State University’s high-performance computing (HPC) cluster is available to students, faculty and staff. Since its implementation, it has helped accelerate research and provided valuable computing experiences for students.

Named after “BeoShock” after “Beowulf” and Shockers, the computing cluster has two large GPUs (Graphics Processing Units) and 800 CPU (Central Processing Unit) cores. As a comparison, most end-user computing devices have one CPU having between one and eight total cores.

The cluster is also available to all WSU constituents, and those outside of WSU who are Kansas Board of Regents constituents. To learn more about BeoShock HPC, visit the website. For questions, contact personnel listed here.