ICDS

ICDS is an interdisciplinary research institute under the Office of the Vice President for Research.

ICDS seeks to advance Penn State science, engineering, and humanities through computational and quantum theory, high-performance computing, Artificial Intelligence and data science, driving technological breakthroughs that redefine what is possible.

News & Events

Campus Digital Twin Seed Grants

Up to four one-year grants of up to $50,000 will be awarded to faculty-led, interdisciplinary teams.
Learn more & apply

AI-Powered Materials Seminar Series

A three-part seminar series designed to start new AI research collaborations between Penn State faculty members, staff and students.
Register for the event

Quantum Machine Learning and Life Sciences Workshop

This workshop aims to bring together researchers from quantum computing, machine learning, applied mathematics, and life sciences to explore new computational paradigms for understanding complex biological systems.
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Services

There are many ways we can work and discover together.

RISE — Research Innovations with Scientists and Engineers — is a team of ICDS computational scientists and software engineers who can help you bring the power of high-performance computing to your research projects.

Roar is the name used to collectively describe the Penn State Cyberinfrastructure. Designed with collaboration in mind, Roar Collab is the newest high performance research computing cluster managed by ICDS.