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In 2003, the Center for Applied Information Technology and Learning (LSU CAPITAL) was integrated as a full research center on LSU's campus as part of the Governor's Vision 2020 plan, and then renamed the Center for Computation & Technology.

CCT's first director was [[Ed Seidel]]. Seidel led the CCT from 2003–20082003 to 2008, then accepted a position as director of the National Science Foundation's Office of Cyberinfrastructure (OCI). 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 CAPITAL, was named CCT director.

Other faculty and executive staff members at the CCT included [[Gabrielle Allen]], computer scientist and co-creator of the [[Cactus Framework]]; [[Thomas Sterling (computing)|Thomas Sterling]], former [[NASA]] scientist and co-creator of the [[Beowulf (computing)|Beowulf class cluster]] that is a building block of the world's [[supercomputer]]s; and [[Susanne Brenner]], recipient of the 2005 [[Humboldt Research Award]].

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CCT employs 30 full-time faculty members, all of whom hold joint appointments with other LSU departments, such as the Department of Computer Science, the College of Basic Sciences, and the College of Music and Dramatic Arts, in five Focus Areas: Core Computing Sciences, Coast to Cosmos, Material World, Cultural Computing, and System Science & Engineering. The center has a Cyberinfrastructure Development (CyD) division, originally led by Daniel S. Katz, then Shantenu Jha, and now Steven Brandt; and, in partnership with the LSU ITS department, a group called HPC@LSU that provides support for the campus and statewide cyberinfrastructure, led by Honggao Liu. CCT employees about 100 students and staff, including research and post-doctoral staff, and undergraduate and graduate students.

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 was dismantled to make way for construction of the Universityuniversity'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 150 most powerful supercomputers in the world when it was launched.<ref>{{cite web|title=LSU to Unleash One of the World's Fastest Supercomputers|url=https://www.cct.lsu.edu/news/lsu-unleash-one-worlds-fastest-supercomputers|website=Center for Computation and Technology|publisher=Louisiana State University|accessdate=23 June 2016}}</ref>