The
Institute for Astronomy
has well-equipped public
computing facilities available to IfA students and
staff. These consist of Sun computers with a variety of
specialized software such as IRAF, IDL, HEASOFT,
and I-DEAS for data reduction, visualization, and
mechanical CAD. Individual staff members' own
SGI, Linux, Macintosh, and Windows
workstations are also supported. A Beowulf-like
``Titan cluster'', consisting
of over 20 Sun CPUs connected by a high-speed switch, is
available for CPU-intensive distributed computing.
High-speed network links connect the IfA with the observatories on
Mauna Kea
and
Haleakala.
Observatories on Mauna Kea are interconnected by the
Mauna Kea Observatories
Communications Network (MKOCN).
IfA locations on three islands (Big Island, Oahu, and Maui)
are also connected
by a Polycom videoconferencing system.
In addition to the IfA's own Publications
services, public Macintoshes with the standard
software for image manipulation and desktop publishing,
as well as
scanners and high-end printers, are available
for creating scientific manuscripts, images, and posters.
Further details
are available to internal users.
Updated 10/18/2001.
