About Us
CCV was established in 1999 with an award from the 1997 NSF MRI program, additional support from Brown University and equipment donations from IBM, and makes parallel computing resources and a virtual reality visualization facility available to the University for research and instructional applications. Since its inception, CCV's staff has grown from three to seven positions, its computing resources have grown from a single IBM RS/6000 SP system to include several high-performance Linux clusters, and its research constituency has broadened to include many more Faculty researchers.
CCV:
- Develops and maintains parallel computing and Virtual Reality display resources for general use by the University research community.
- Provides consulting services for the configuration and management of research computing facilities dedicated to groups or Departments.
- Provides resource access for applications for our technologies in Brown's curricula.
- CCV staff participate directly in graphics, visualization and computational science research
Computational science and engineering are integral to Brown's evolving research programs and its curricula. CCV is committed to providing a resource environment and nexus of intellectual interaction that will facilitate the development of innovative multidiscipline collaboration in the spirit of Brown's open academic identity.