Data Science Platform

This page describes the collection of Data Science platforms on HiperGator. Data science is the practice of using math, programming, analytics, AI, and machine learning to discover valuable insights within large data sets. Research Computing provides essential infrastructure, tools, and expertise to support data science research and accelerate impactful discoveries, or other uses via support requests or consulting.

Platform for Data Science

• SQL: Oracle SQL Developer is a free integrated development environment that simplifies the development and management of Oracle Database in both traditional and Cloud deployments. SQLite is an in-process library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine.
  • Use the command below to list the available versions on HiPerGator-AI.

  • module spider sqldeveloper

  • module spider sqlite

• R: R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. R is favored in data science for its extensive suite of tools and packages for data manipulation, statistical modeling, and visualization, making it ideal for tasks ranging from simple data analysis to complex predictive modeling.
  • Use the command below to list the available versions on HiPerGator-AI.

  • module spider R

• Matlab: MATLAB is a powerful computing environment and programming language widely used in data science for its robust capabilities in numerical and matrix calculations, advanced data visualization, and the development of algorithms, especially useful for applications in engineering and scientific research.
  • Use the command below to list the available versions on HiPerGator-AI.

  • module spider matlab

    or

    module spider mcr

• Python: Python has been built with extraordinary Python libraries such as NumPy, SciPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Scrapy, and BeautifulSoup. These libraries are essential for data science and are utilized daily by programmers to solve problems.
  • Use the command below to list the available versions on HiPerGator-AI.

  • module spider python

• TensorFlow: TensorFlow is an open-source software library commonly used for implementing artificial neural networks and deep learning. TensorFlow is widely used in data science for building and training complex machine learning models, offering scalable and flexible tools for deep learning, numerical computation, and large-scale optimization, with extensive support for both research and production deployments.
  • Use the command below to list the available versions on HiPerGator-AI.

  • module spider tensorflow

• Pytorch: Pytorch is a Python-based scientific computing package that uses the power of graphics processing units. PyTorch can be used effectively in various data science applications, especially those that involve complex numerical computations or the development of custom machine learning models.
  • Use the command below to list the available versions on HiPerGator-AI.

  • module spider pytorch

• Scikit-learn: Scikit-learn is a set of python modules for machine learning and data mining. It provides simple and efficient tools for predictive data analysis. Scikit-learn is built on NumPy, SciPy, and matplotlib, and is open source and commercially usable under a BSD license.
  • Use the command below to list the available versions on HiPerGator-AI.

  • module spider scikit-learn

• Rapidsai: Rapidsai accelerates end-to-end data science pipelines by providing a familiar dataframe API. Rapidsai supports machine learning integration without typical serialization costs, enabling multi-node, multi-GPU deployments for faster processing of large datasets.
  • Use the command below to list the available versions on HiPerGator-AI.

  • module spider rapidsai

If the environments or these platforms do not have the libraries you require, you may need to create a Conda environment. See Conda and Managing_Python_environments_and_Jupyter_kernels for more details.

Examples and Reference Data

Please see /data/ai/ folder, AI_Examples, and AI_Reference_Datasets for helpful resources. Addition references, such as how to run RAPIDs on HiPergator are already available in /data/ai/examples/rapids.