{"id":59,"date":"2019-05-26T15:53:09","date_gmt":"2019-05-26T15:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ivmcl\/?page_id=59"},"modified":"2026-10-02T02:15:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T02:15:56","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ivmcl\/resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">iVMCL was founded in August 2016, when Dr. Tianfu Wu joined NC State. The lab is affiliated with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and the Visual Narrative Initiative, which brings together faculty and students from ECE, computer science, history, and art and design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-bio-indigo-color has-text-color\">Computing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Besides regular workstations, the lab runs the following GPU servers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>System<\/th><th>GPUs per unit<\/th><th>Units<\/th><th>Supported by<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Dell DSS 8440 GPU server<\/td><td>10 \u00d7 NVIDIA A100 (80 GB)<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>DoD DURIP<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>NVIDIA DGX-1<\/td><td>8 \u00d7 NVIDIA Tesla V100 (32 GB)<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>DoD DURIP<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>NVIDIA DGX Station<\/td><td>4 \u00d7 NVIDIA Tesla V100 (32 GB)<\/td><td>1<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lambda Blade server<\/td><td>4 \u00d7 NVIDIA Titan RTX<\/td><td>1<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dell server<\/td><td>6 \u00d7 NVIDIA Tesla T4<\/td><td>1<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Microway WhisperStation<\/td><td>4 \u00d7 NVIDIA GTX Titan X<\/td><td>1<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns ivmcl-photos is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ivmcl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/dell-dss8440.jpg\" alt=\"Dell DSS 8440 rack-mounted GPU server\" class=\"wp-image-641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ivmcl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/dell-dss8440.jpg 600w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ivmcl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/dell-dss8440-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dell DSS 8440: 10 \u00d7 A100 (80 GB) per server<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"345\" height=\"156\" src=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ivmcl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/dgx-1.png\" alt=\"NVIDIA DGX-1 rack-mounted server\" class=\"wp-image-255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ivmcl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/dgx-1.png 345w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ivmcl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/dgx-1-300x136.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">NVIDIA DGX-1: 8 \u00d7 V100 (32 GB) per server<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ivmcl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/dgx.png\" alt=\"NVIDIA DGX Station desk-side workstation\" class=\"wp-image-256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ivmcl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/dgx.png 375w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ivmcl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/dgx-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">NVIDIA DGX Station: 4 \u00d7 V100 (32 GB)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-bio-indigo-color has-text-color\">Robotics and mobile platforms<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns ivmcl-photos is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rethink Robotics Sawyer<\/strong>: a collaborative robot arm with 7 degrees of freedom and inherent safety compliance, used in research and teaching.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Mobile GPU workstation<\/strong>: MSI GT73VR with 2 \u00d7 NVIDIA GTX 1070 (SLI), for demos and field data collection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"381\" height=\"241\" src=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ivmcl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/sawyer.png\" alt=\"Rethink Robotics Sawyer robot arm with a screen face\" class=\"wp-image-262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ivmcl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/sawyer.png 381w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ivmcl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/sawyer-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rethink Robotics Sawyer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-bio-indigo-color has-text-color\">On campus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lab is in 2056 Koch Hall on NC State&#8217;s Centennial Campus (<a href=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ivmcl\/contact-us\/\">map and directions<\/a>), close to the James B. Hunt Jr. Library, a LEED Silver building with almost 100 group study rooms, technology-equipped spaces for research and collaboration, and a 3D printing and laser cutting facility for fast prototyping.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>iVMCL was founded in August 2016, when Dr. Tianfu Wu joined NC State. 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