Application Software
For Research Computing
at Virginia Tech
A variety of software applications are available at Virginia Tech to enable you to complete your research.
Information Technology Acquisitions distributes a
variety of site licensed and volume discounted software to VT affliates.
For a complete list, visit the following links or contact ITA at 540-231-5444 or
software@vt.edu.
Additional software is available for purchase through the University Bookstore, for use in the
VT Computing Labs,
and for use on the University Compute Servers
Inferno and
Dante.
The following information is a work in progress and summarizes current knowledge
(see Latest Revision Date)
of research computing software applications which are available for use at Virginia Tech.
Note that the links associated with the software product names will take you to the vendor's web site;
if there is Virginia Tech written documentation for the product, it will be listed in product description.
Note: When "Inferno" is listed below, the application is available on Inferno, Inferno2, and Cauldron;
when "Inferno2" is listed, the application is currently available only on Inferno2.
Please submit updates and corrections to:
Research Computing Suggestions
Compilers & Libraries
| Software |
Virginia Tech Licenses |
Computer Lab Availability |
Central System Availability |
| C and C++ Compilers |
Sun Studio 8 (includes the Sun Integrated Development Environment for C and C++) is available for
university owned Solaris systems from
Information Technology Acquisitions.
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SGI Intel C Compiler (icc) on
Inferno
Sun C Compilers (cc and CC) on
Dante
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| Fortran Compilers |
Sun Studio 8 (includes the Sun Integrated Development Environment for Fortran) is available for
university owned Solaris systems from
Information Technology Acquisitions.
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SGI Intel Fortran Compiler (ifort) on
Inferno
Sun Fortran Compiler (f77, f90, f95) on
Dante
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Scientific Computing Software Library (SCSL):
provides a set of parallel and scalable functions and tools used widely in scientific and engineering computing.
includes BLAS (Basic Linear Algebra Subroutines), LAPACK (Linear Algebra Package), FFT and signal
processing routines, and sparse equation solvers plus OpenMP-Parallelized versions of BLAS-2/3.
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Inferno
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IMSL Fortran and C Libraries:
contain a diverse variety of subroutines for mathematical and statistical applicaitons.
See
Modules in the IMSL Math Libraries for an alphabetized list of routines included in the Math libraries.
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Software and license authorization for use of the IMSL libraries with
MS Windows (Digital Visual Fortran) and MS C is available to
departments, faculty, staff, and
students
through Information Technology Acquisitions.
Software is available from
Information Technology Acquisitions
for Virginia Tech installations on Red Hat Linux (Intel),
Sun Solaris, HP/Compaq Tru64,
Hewlett Packard HP-UX, Silicon Graphics IRIX64,
and IBM RS/6000 AIX systems.
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Dante
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Numerical Computing
| Software |
Virginia Tech Licenses |
Computer Lab Availability |
Central System Availability |
Mathematica: provides an environment and collection of tools for visualization, computation, and
mathematical analysis.
See also: VT Brief Introduction to Mathematica
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MS Windows and Mac software and license authorization available to
departments, faculty, staff, and
students through Information Technology Acquisitions.
Software is available from
Information Technology Acquisitions
for Virginia Tech installations on Linux (x86 and Alpha), Mac OS X,
Solaris, HP Tru64 Unix, HP-UX,
and IBM AIX systems.
|
Davidson
Price
Randolph
Shanks 160
Shanks 180
Shanks 360
Torgersen 1010
Torgersen 1080 |
Inferno
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Matlab: provides
an environment and collection of tools for visualization, computation,
and mathematical analysis.
See also: VT Brief Introduction to MATLAB
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MS Windows and Mac software and license authorization available to
departments, faculty, staff, and
students
through Information Technology Acquisitions.
Software is available from
Information Technology Acquisitions
for Virginia Tech installations on Linux (x86 and Alpha), Mac OS X,
Sun SPARC Solaris, Compaq Alpha Tru64,
HP 9000/700 HP-UX, SGI IRIX/IRIX64,
and IBM RS/6000 AIX systems.
| Major Williams
Randolph |
Dante
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Simulation and Engineering
| Software |
Virginia Tech Licenses |
Computer Lab Availability |
Central System Availability |
| ABAQUS: software for advanced finite element analysis |
ABAQUS software and licenses are available to students, faculty, and staff
in the College of Engineering. Contact Tim Tomlin for authorization to use
network license tokens or to obtain software for local use. |
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Inferno
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| ANSYS: engineering simulation software |
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Randolph
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| AutoCAD: 3-D Modeling Software |
MS Windows software and license authorization available to
departments, faculty, staff, and
students through Information Technology Acquisitions.
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Randolph
Saunders
Shanks 180
Shanks 360
Torgersen 1010
Torgersen 1080 |
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| GASP: General Aerodynamic Simulation Program
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Inferno
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| I-DEAS: software for computer-aided design, engineering, and manufacturing |
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Randolph |
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| LS-Dyna
A general purpose nonlinear finite element program for simulating complex real world problems |
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Inferno2
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| National Instruments LabView:
software used for testing, measurement, and instrument control |
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Randolph |
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| PROENGINEERING:
product development software |
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Randolph |
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| TecPlot: plotting and data visualization software |
Licensed for use by faculty, staff and students of the College of Engineering
and is subject to the terms of Virginia Tech's Academic Site License Agreement with Tecplot, Inc.
Authorized individuals can download the software via ITA's network software download page
(http://network.software.vt.edu)
and selecting the appropriate link.
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GIS and Mapping
Statistics
| Software |
Virginia Tech Licenses |
Computer Lab Availability |
Central System Availability |
| Gauss: Statistical Analysis |
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Dante
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JMP:
statistical analysis, graphics, and report generation
VT JMP Introduction
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MS Windows, Mac, and Linux
licenses available to faculty and students through
Information Technology Acquisitions
| Shanks 160
Shanks 360
Torgersen 1010
Torgersen 1080 |
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| MiniTab: statistical analysis |
MS Windows software and license authorization available to
departments, faculty, and staff.
| Ambler Johnston
Randolph
Torgersen 1010
Torgersen 1080 |
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R: exploratory data modeling and statistical analysis.
For an example program and output, see: R.php
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a GNU Software project |
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Inferno2
Styx
Dante
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SAS:
statistical analysis, graphics, and report generation
VT SAS Documentation
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Solaris, MS Windows, and Mac (Version 6.12)
licenses available to departments, faculty, staff, and students through
Information Technology Acquisitions
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Torgersen 1010
Torgersen 1080 |
Dante
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| Stata statistical analysis |
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Saunders
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| SPSS:
Statistical Analysis & Graphics |
MS Windows and Mac
licenses available to departments, faculty, & staff through
Information Technology Acquisitions
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Ambler Johnston
Randolph
Shanks 160
Shanks 180
Shanks 360
Torgersen 1010
Torgersen 1080 |
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Theoretical Chemistry
| Software |
Virginia Tech Licenses |
Computer Lab Availability |
Central System Availability |
| Gaussian: performs molecular orbital calculations |
Gaussian 03 is available for university owned machines through
Information Technology Acquisitions
for the Solaris and SGI Altix platforms.
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Inferno
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Compilers & Libraries
Numerical Computating
Simulation & Engineering
Statistics
Theoretical Chemistry
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