OFFICIAL LAUNCH JULY 9TH | FRESNO STATE CAMPUS
Introducing the F3i Supercomputing Center
The F3 Innovate Supercomputing Center is powered by a multi-institution partnership spanning advanced computing infrastructure, biological modeling, and workforce development leadership across California. F3 Innovate leads the center and its programs, the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego provides cyberinfrastructure and AI systems architecture, and California State University, Fresno hosts and operates the physical compute environment.
WHY WE BUILT THE SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER
Most agricultural problems aren't solved by code alone.
A small agricultural startup can't afford a GPU cluster. A graduate student can't license the datasets. A grower doesn't have the bandwidth to run a research project. The Supercomputing Center exists so a problem named on Monday by a Madera County orchardist can be modeled on Tuesday by a CSU Fresno team — on infrastructure that would otherwise cost six figures to access.
INFRASTRUCTURE
San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego provides cyberinfrastructure and AI systems architecture.
HOST
California State University, Fresno hosts and operates the physical compute environment.
LEADERSHIP
F3 Innovate leads the center, its programs, and workforce development partnerships.
PRIORITY ACCESS
California-based startups, researchers, and educators in agriculture and biotech — with priority for Central Valley users.
DATA CHALLENGES
Data Challenges are a core activation program of the Center. They turn real industry problems into structured AI projects where companies, researchers, and students work with shared datasets and defined use cases. These challenges accelerate solution development, generate reusable data resources, support workforce training, and create pathways from prototype models to real-world deployment.
1
Identify the Problem
Growers and industry partners define high-value, recurring challenges that need better data or analytical tools.
2
Build and Test Solutions
Teams translate the problem into a data challenge and develop models and prototype tools using real-world data and advanced computing.
3
Pilot and Commercialize
Top solutions are piloted with growers and, once validated, move into commercialization pathways for deployment at scale.
Sign Up for the Next Data Challenge
Participants use free satellite imagery to detect and map underperforming zones in Central Valley orchards. Take part in the four-week sprint, learn more about the project, and get connected before official team registration begins.
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