The Digital
Technology Center (DTC)is a hub of innovation and excellence at the
University of Minnesota in the digital technologies serving the industrial,
educational, and public needs of the state of Minnesota and the nation. The
DTC integrates research, education, and outreach in digital design, computer
graphics and visualization, telecommunications, intelligent data storage and
retrieval systems, multimedia, datamining, scientific computation, and other
digital technologies.
The DTC's first-rate laboratory facilities offer
researchers the tools to make progress in these areas. The DTC houses
the Supercomputer Institute for Digital Simulation and Advanced Computation
for supercomputing research, the Laboratory for Computational Science and
Engineering for computational science and engineering and visualization,
and the Usability Laboratory for evaluations of computational solutions.
Additional, specialized laboratories assist with research projects.