About Us

The scientific computing approach is to gain an understanding of physical and chemical systems, through the analysis of mathematical models and computer simulations. Therefore, computation is the key to expediting students’ learning and discovery in all science-related disciplines. With informational technology delivering higher amounts of information at a faster pace and electronic devices becoming smarter and friendlier in educating ourselves, high-performance computing is posed to be a central tool to enhance learning, research, and discovery. Thus, in 2012, faculty members from Chemistry, Computer Science, Biology, Physics, Geology, Mathematics, Material Science, and LTS staff members wrote a Blugold Commitment Differential Tuition grant proposal to secure sufficient funding to establish a campus-wide Blugold High-performance Computing Cluster consisting of one head node, two graphics processing units or GPU computing nodes, and eight central processing unit or CPU nodes. The cluster grew steadily with funding from federal as well as faculty start-up grants. Later in 2019-2020, with the help of a prestigious National Science Foundation Major Research instrumentation grant to faculty coupled with an in-kind grant from Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, the current Blugold High-performance Computing Center consist of two major clusters BGSC (24 nodes and 364 cores) and BOSE (61 nodes and 3904 cores). With the support of UWEC learning and technology services, six academic departments now give their students the research experience of a lifetime.

Our Mission Statement

To develop and maintain a high-performance supercomputing platform to provide support for those who love to code, explore the unknown world, generate models and simulate objects unable to be seen by the human eye, and bring virtual lab to the classrooms.

In 2012, faculty members from the Chemistry, Computer Science, Biology, Physics, Geology, Mathematics, and Material Science departments, as well as LTS staff members, wrote a Blugold Commitment Differential Tuition grant proposal to secure sufficient funding for establishing a campus-wide Blugold High-performance Computing Cluster. It consisted of one head node, two graphics processing units or GPU computing nodes, and eight central processing unit or CPU nodes. The cluster grew steadily with funding from federal institutions as well as faculty start-up grants. Later in 2019-2020, with the help of a prestigious National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation grant to faculty coupled with an 'in-kind' grant from Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, the current Blugold High-performance Computing Center was born. Today, we consist of two major clusters: BGSC (24 nodes and 364 cores) and BOSE (61 nodes and 3904 cores). With the support of UWEC Learning and Technology Services, six academic departments now offer their students the research experiences of a lifetime.

Our Mission Statement

To develop and maintain a High-Performance supercomputing platform that provides support for those who love to code, explore the unknown world, generate models, simulate objects unable to be seen by the human eye, and bring virtual lab to the classrooms.