AI case study

University of PennsylvaniaShared research computing

Robotics labs capped at 6–7 training runs/day on desktop GPUs. Shared campus compute lifted that to 100+ runs daily.

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Key results

Daily Experiment Increase
14x
Faster Model Training
12x
Compute Time Reduction
3 days
vs 1.5 years

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The story

Context

One of the country's leading research universities, with twelve schools simultaneously pursuing federally funded research across biomedical science, robotics, engineering, and the arts and sciences.

Challenge

Public cloud could address short-term compute gaps but proved too expensive for the iterative experimentation rigorous AI research demands,...

Solution
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Scope & timeline

  • 950 researchers using Penn's shared AI platform

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The company

University of Pennsylvania logo

University of Pennsylvania

upenn.edu

Private Ivy League research university providing academic and research programs.

IndustryEducation & Training
LocationPhiladelphia, PA, USA
Employees10K-50K

The implementation partner

Role in this case study

Jointly deployed Penn's AI compute, high-performance networking, and supporting infrastructure.

IndustryTechnology
LocationChicago, IL, USA
Employees1K-5K
Founded2007

The vendor

NVIDIA is a technology company that specializes in semiconductors, graphics processing units, and artificial intelligence for applications in data centers, gaming, and more.

IndustryTechnology
LocationSanta Clara, California, United States
Employees10K-50K
Founded1993

Use case

University of Pennsylvania's Shared research computing is part of this use case:

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