The IACR Infrastructure group provides URI researchers access to cutting-edge computing equipment (AI/Data/HPC/Quantum), software and hands-on training, support and consultancy to enable computational research. The IACR’s Infrastructure group is led by Kevin Bryan and includes Cecile Cres, Christian Vye and several PhD students. A quick snapshot of the IACR resources is available here: IACR at-a-glance. For details on the broad topic of Generative AI, and the relevant university-wide efforts and guidelines, please visit the URI Provost’s AI page.
What’s New?
- Partnership with the Massachusetts Green HPC Center (MGHPCC)
- Distributed research computing support through trained GAs in each College
- Complete replacement of older URI HPC clusters
- Overleaf Professional subscription for Faculty and PhD student research use
- Research Computing Network (RCN)
- Partnership with the Open Storage Network
- Quantum computing services
Services & Resources
- Multiple HPC clusters (Unity, SeaWulf, coming soon: Harmony & Sanctuary)
- Cloud Computing
- High-performance servers, private servers
- Statistical Software, Services, and Resources (SAS, SPSS, R, JMP, MATLAB, Geneious, Atlas.ti, Qualtrics, Overleaf)
- NIH-STRIDES program
- Sample proposal documents (Facilities, DMP, etc.)
- University-wide software platforms (e.g. R Studio Server, JupyterHub, etc.)
- Training/consultation
- Web/database hosting and resources
- Data storage platforms at URI
Our Team
Kevin Bryan
Manager, High Performance Computing
401.874.5528
bryank@uri.edu
Christian Vye
Advanced Application Specialist
401.874.2966
christianvye@uri.edu
Cecile Cres
Computational Scientist, AI/ML
Leann Biancani
Student Computational Biology Facilitator
Shaghayegh ‘Shay’ Sahraei Joubani
Student Statistical Consultant and Trainer
401.874.2815
s.sahraei@uri.edu
Nikola Bukowiecka
Student Physical Sciences Facilitator
Farhang Naderi
Student HPC Facilitator — GSO
Other Related Resources
Here are some services offered by various other URI departments and organizations, which often are relevant to researchers:
- URI Library AI Guide: Resources related to AI use, tools, etc. for faculty/staff are maintained by the URI Library.
- URI VPN Service: This is often needed for accessing some servers and services from off-campus and abroad. If you’re planning to travel abroad and need this service, it’s especially important to set this up ahead of time, before you leave — it’s quite difficult to set up while abroad.
- Consultation on related IT services (VPN, security, secure data transfers, SSL certificates, etc.)
- Safari (O’Reilly) Online Books and Videos: A great collection of technical reference books and some training videos on a wide variety of technical topics — e.g. programming, data science, artificial intelligence, etc. The URI Library has acquired access for anyone with a URI email address.
- URI ITS Training Courses: Periodically offered introductory courses covering a wide range of topics, including the Google Suite, draw.io, Excel, Video management and caption, and more!
Drop by the IACR at URI Carothers Library 227 or email us at iacr-group@uri.edu with questions, comments, suggestions — anything!
News
NSF Opens New AI Infrastructure and AI-Ready Dataset Opportunities - Two new NSF solicitations may interest URI teams working with AI, scientific data, research computing, and cyberinfrastructure. Full proposals are due November 4, 2026.
Free Claude Team Plan Access Available for Scientists - Anthropic is offering eligible scientists one year of free Claude Team plan access for themselves and up to 25 lab members.
Fall 2026 Workshop Program Announced - URI fall 2026 workshops include sessions on Unity, AI tools, OpenCode/Codex, prompt engineering, bioinformatics, R, SPSS, and SBDC training.
New Servers Added to UNITY Research Computing Cluster - Twelve new compute servers are now available on UNITY, expanding capacity for URI researchers.
Free ChatGPT for Academic Researchers - OpenAI is introducing ChatGPT for Academic Researchers, a program that will give 100,000 researchers at selected academic institutions free access to their frontier models. The program will help researchers across the sciences, mathematics, and engineering take on advanced problems, accelerate discovery, and improve productivity, from preparing grant applications to testing hypotheses. https://openai.com/index/chatgpt-for-academic-researchers/ This is an […]