The document discusses NISCI's big data platform using high performance computing. It describes NISCI's HPC hardware infrastructure including servers, storage, and a 50TB InfiniBand network. It also outlines the software tools used like Intel Parallel Studio, Open MPI, Hadoop, and programming models. Several potential big data sources are mentioned like sensor networks, documents, satellite images, and various industry and government data. Finally, some proposals are made around using this infrastructure for applications in areas like disaster prevention, finance, environment, and transportation.