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MGHPCC Internship Program

Our internship program combines hands-on learning with the application of current and new knowledge to tasks that are vital to the operation of the thousands of computer systems installed at the MGHPCC. Students from Holyoke Community College, Springfield Technical Community College, and TechFoundry are encouraged to apply. 

Interns work with a variety of high performance computing hardware and software systems, starting with introductory reading and exercises with the Linux operating system, system administration tools, and Python scripting, and then moving onto hands-on work. Assignments vary depending on skills and needs. 

Internship Assignments

Hardware & Software Administration

  • Rebooting and running diagnostics on nodes that are experiencing problems.
  • Reviewing log files to look for potential problems.
  • Assistance with debugging of problems, and working with people who are working remotely.

Infrastructure Maintenance & Documentation

  • Assembly, installation, organization, and labeling of data cabling for networks and Linux clusters.
  • Documentation of Power Distribution Unit rack assignments and other hardware.
  • Setup and maintenance of experimental computer hardware in the MGHPCC “Sandbox” lab.

Working Hours

The minimum commitment is 8 hours per week on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Applications

Research projects

A Future of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Yale Budget Lab
Volcanic Eruptions Impact on Stratospheric Chemistry & Ozone
The Rhode Island Coastal Hazards Analysis, Modeling, and Prediction System
Towards a Whole Brain Cellular Atlas
Tornado Path Detection
The Kempner Institute – Unlocking Intelligence
The Institute for Experiential AI
Taming the Energy Appetite of AI Models
Surface Behavior
Studying Highly Efficient Biological Solar Energy Systems
Software for Unreliable Quantum Computers
Simulating Large Biomolecular Assemblies
SEQer – Sequence Evaluation in Realtime
Revolutionizing Materials Design with Computational Modeling
Remote Sensing of Earth Systems
QuEra at the MGHPCC
Quantum Computing in Renewable Energy Development
Pulling Back the Quantum Curtain on ‘Weyl Fermions’
New Insights on Binary Black Holes
NeuraChip
Network Attached FPGAs in the OCT
Monte Carlo eXtreme (MCX) – a Physically-Accurate Photon Simulator
Modeling Hydrogels and Elastomers
Modeling Breast Cancer Spread
Measuring Neutrino Mass
Investigating Mantle Flow Through Analyses of Earthquake Wave Propagation
Impact of Marine Heatwaves on Coral Diversity
IceCube: Hunting Neutrinos
Genome Forecasting
Global Consequences of Warming-Induced Arctic River Changes
Fuzzing the Linux Kernel
Exact Gravitational Lensing by Rotating Black Holes
Evolution of Viral Infectious Disease
Evaluating Health Benefits of Stricter US Air Quality Standards
Ephemeral Stream Water Contributions to US Drainage Networks
Energy Transport and Ultrafast Spectroscopy Lab
Electron Heating in Kinetic-Alfvén-Wave Turbulence
Discovering Evolution’s Master Switches
Dexterous Robotic Hands
Developing Advanced Materials for a Sustainable Energy Future
Detecting Protein Concentrations in Assays
Denser Environments Cultivate Larger Galaxies
Deciphering Alzheimer’s Disease
Dancing Frog Genomes
Cyber-Physical Communication Network Security
Avoiding Smash Hits
Analyzing the Gut Microbiome
Adaptive Deep Learning Systems Towards Edge Intelligence
Accelerating Rendering Power
ACAS X: A Family of Next-Generation Collision Avoidance Systems
Neurocognition at the Wu Tsai Institute, Yale
Computational Modeling of Biological Systems
Computational Molecular Ecology
Social Capital and Economic Mobility
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Outreach & Education Projects

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