Working with Minerva FAQ’s

Can I work with Minerva?
Members of the Mount Sinai Medical School faculty, their students, and any outside collaborators who have the sponsorship of a faculty member are welcome to use Minerva.

What types of projects does Minerva handle?
Minerva is designed to handle a variety of computationally intensive scientific workflows. The variety spans the range of the data-intensive, data parallel types of projects that are prevalent in computational biology to the more numerical intensive, computationally parallel aspects of computational chemistry.

What are the benefits of working with Minerva?
The supercomputer provides massive computation and high-bandwidth, low-latency interconnections and storage, as well as 256GB of memory per node, all of which enables researchers to run faster and more complex projects. Minerva is also an easy-to-use platform for running your job, and it’s optimized for scientific computing jobs of the sort that are performed at Mount Sinai.

What is the process of using Minerva for a project?
To request a user account, log onto http://hpc.mssm.edu from the internal MSSM network, and click on “Request New Account.” Once you have an account, you will be able to submit jobs. If you need additional assistance with creating a new account, visit the www.hpc.mssm.edu and/or email hpchelp@mssm.edu

What kind of technical help is available?
Within the Department of Scientific Computing, Minerva has a team of computational scientists, who are familiar with both science and computer methods, and system administrators, who have practical experience in the use and configuration of super- and high-performance computer installations. Both groups are available to researchers on a consulting and collaboration basis. For assistance, please contact hpchelp@mssm.edu.