DQSI Advanced Research Center (DARC)
DARC is focused on furthering society through the advancement of technology in support of researchers, governments, industry, and the public.
Research Focus
- High Performance Computing (HPC)
- Internet2
- Distributed Data Processing Grids
- GIS, Geo-spatial, and Spatial Computing
- Visualization
- Data Discovery
- Health and Bio-informatics
- Public Safety
- Military
- Emergency and Natural Disaster
- Alternative Energy
Research Partners
DARC maintains a wide spectrum of partners to support its research through collaborators at Government agencies, Universities, and private sector companies.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) –

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) - State of Louisiana – Louisiana Economic Development (LED)
- Mississippi Enterprise for Technology (MsET)
- University of New Orleans (UNO)
- Louisiana State University (LSU)
- University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) – Center for Traveler
Information - Vanderbilt University – Advanced Computing Center for
Research & Education (ACCRE) - Research and Education Data Depot network (REDD net)
- Louisiana Optical Network Initiative (LONI) & LONI Institute
- UNO Research and Technology Park – Center for Energy
Resources Management (CERM) - UNO Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences (PIES)
- Betts Geo-spatial
- Patriot Technologies, LLC

