OIT Helps Physics Researchers
OIT Blog Originally Posted: April 11, 2018 When some Physics researchers needed a few dedicated computers for running experiments, they reached out to OIT Customer Service Director Rachel Mulry to see if she could help. The requirements for the computers were minimal compared to current university standards but had to be stable enough to run their experiment and priced within their small budget. Within 24 hours, several laptops were found that could be donated to meet the needs of the ATLAS experiment. The laptops were used for the production tests of the ATLAS experiment, in which involved the testing of 15,000 chips with multiple setups from many students. Once that was successful, they realized the need for a few additional computers were needed for the [...]