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The '''Center for Computation and Technology''', or '''CCT''', is an interdisciplinary [[research center]] located on the [[campus]] of [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge, LA]].

LSU previously housed the Center for Applied Information Technology and Learning, called LSU CAPITAL. In [[2003]], LSU CAPITAL was integrated as a full research center on LSU’s campus and renamed the Center for Computation and Technology.

CCT’s first director was [[Ed Seidel]]. Seidel led the CCT from 2003–2008, then accepted a position as director of the National Science Foundation's Office of Cyberinfrastructure. CCT faculty members [[Stephen David Beck]] and [[Jorge Pullin]] served as Interim Co-directors from 2008- 2010. In December 2010, Joel Tohline, the interim director of the original LSU CAPTIAL, was named CCT director.<ref>http://www.lsu.edu/ur/ocur/lsunews/MediaCenter/News/2010/12/item22765.html</ref>

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The CCT is primarily located in Johnston Hall on the LSU campus, but offices and cyberinfrastructure also are housed in the Frey Computing Services Center. LSU’s Supercomputer, SuperMike, was located in Frey and used for nearly five years for advanced research. In June 2007, SuperMike began being dismantled to make way for construction of the University’s new supercomputer, Tezpur.

Named for one of the world’s hottest peppers, Tezpur is nearly three times as fast as SuperMike, and is one of the most powerful supercomputers owned by any university in the nation. Tezpur was one of the 50 most powerful supercomputers in the world when it was launched.{{Citation needed|date=August 2007}}.

Tezpur allows CCT researchers to use the resources of the [[Louisiana Optical Network Initiative]], or LONI, a high-speed, fiber optic network that links supercomputers at the state’s major research institutions, allowing greater collaboration on research that produces results faster and with greater accuracy. LONI puts the state on the National Lambda Rail, allowing Louisiana researchers to collaborate with scientists around the country.