System & infrastructure

Members of the system team look after Idiap's infrastructures and equipment.

The main mission of the System & Infrastructure group is to provide an optimal and efficient work environment for Idiap collaborators. The tasks can be split into three main activities:

Centralized IT services for the institute

These services include the installation and maintenance of the core IT infrastructures (network, storage, servers, workstations), as well as the installation and maintenance of the shared services (scientific computing, identity management, collaboration tools...). In numbers this represents:

140 workstations
60 physical servers
500 virtual computers
450 TB of storage
1000 CPU dedicated for scientific computing
130 GPU dedicated for scientific computing
13 TB RAM dedicated for scientific computing

Support for collaborators

Helpdesk, data acquisition and distribution, web presence, central purchasing office...

Infrastructure

2,500 m2 of facilities including: