Research Software
We provide and support a diverse range of research software applications and software development platforms. Support levels vary from comprehensive to best efforts but we will always try to help where we can.
Central Core Applications
Licence required:
Licenses are purchased and provided across campus. Instructions for access and guidance to getting started are provided. Documentation and training is provided in partnership with software vendors. Software will be updated regularly and multiple versions maintained.
Software that are labeled to be of License Type 'Floating' have restrictions on the number of users who can access it at any given instance of time. This requirement necessitates IT Services to maintain a license serving operation and the users to specify the license-server when installing such software. For software that rely on floating licenses we will provide the necessary installation instructions to access these licenses (usually via a license-server name and a port number).
| Name | On HPC Services |
Category | Purpose | License Type | Platform |
| PGI Compilers | Yes | Compiler | Development | Floating | Linux |
| Intel Compilers | Yes | Compiler | Development | Floating | All |
| Salford Compilers | No | Compiler | Development | Site | Windows |
| NAG Library (Python and Fortran) | Yes | Library | Development | Site | All |
| MATLAB | Yes | High-Level Programming Language | Scientific | Site & Floating | All |
| Maple | Yes | Computing Tool | Symbolic Computing | Site | All |
| Ansys/Fluent/LsDyna | Yes | CFD/CAE | Engineering | Floating | Linux/Windows |
| Abaqus | Yes | Structural Code | Engineering | Floating | Linux/Windows |
| SPSS | No | Statistical | Statistics | Site | Windows |
| SAS | No | Statistical | Statistics | Site | Windows |
| NVivo | No | Information Science | Qualitative Analysis | Site Deal | Windows |
No licence required:
| Name | On HPC Services |
Category | Purpose | License Type | Platform |
| R Compiler | Yes | High-Level Programming Language | Statistics | - | All |
| Python | Yes | High-Level Programming Language | Science | - | All |
| Mathematica | Yes | Compiler | Symbolic and Numerical Maths | - | All |
| Tensorflow | Yes | Python Library | Machine Learning | - | All |
| GNU | Yes | Compiler | Development | - | Linux/macOS |
| MPI | Yes | Compiler | Parallel Programming | - | All |
| CUDA | Yes | Compiler | GPU Parallel Programming | - | All |
Community Software
Licenses/license servers will be provided, and software for different platforms provided. We will ensure that the software can run on different platforms. Assistance may be provided for running software but it is not guaranteed. Software may be installed on HPC platforms at the request of a user by the Research IT support team. Updating is on request by the research community. Software installed in shared areas on the High Performance Computing systems must be documented by the installer on the shared documentation system.
Software available free or on discounted prices for installation on users' own workstations or on Managed Windows Workstations: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/it-services/software/index
Individual Software
Unsupported software installed in community areas or user areas on HPC, some assistance may be provided - installation of software cannot be guaranteed. Software installed in shared areas on the High Performance Computing systems must be documented by the installer on the shared documentation system.