Article: K-State Freshman Manages Largest Supercomputer In Kansas, Supporting Research Projects Across Campus.

M2 PRESSWIRE-3 November 2009-K-STATE: K-State Freshman Manages Largest Supercomputer In Kansas, Supporting Research Projects Across Campus(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS

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MANHATTAN -- Many researchers at Kansas State University do such sizeable projects -- like identifying genetic markers that correlate to drought resistance in plants -- that they rely on computational support from the largest supercomputer in the state.

K-State's Beocat is a cluster of servers that allows for larger research projects to run simulations on a machine that is guaranteed to be constantly running for at least two weeks. The system administrator is a ...

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