Cloud Working Group November 2017 Update

Submitted by Aaron Culich on November 6, 2017

In Research IT we believe building partnerships is a key part of growing and sustaining a thriving ecosystem for campus research computing. Our efforts to support cloud computing are one of several ways that we work to build community on our campus, across the UC system, and beyond.

Botanist finds a bioinformatic home in Savio

Submitted by Erica Chen on October 5, 2017

Ingrid Jordon-Thaden gathering specimens

Before her research led to an appointment as a Research Botanist at The University and Jepson Herbaria at UC Berkeley, Ingrid Jordon-Thaden graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Heidelberg, Germany. When she left Heidelberg, she took with her not only a PhD, but also the beginnings of her research on the genetic history of the genus Draba, in the mustard family.

HearstCAVE project presents at ATXpo

Submitted by Quinn Dombrowski on October 4, 2017

Gallant Lab neuroscientists map the human brain using OpenStack and Amazon S3

Submitted by Erica Chen on October 3, 2017

The Gallant Lab's "Brain Viewer " (screenshot)

How might matter give rise to subjective experience? This question helps drive the Gallant Lab at UC Berkeley to find explanations to the mysteries of neuroscience. The Gallant Lab focuses much of its research on functional cartography of the brain, mapping areas of the brain that are involved in cognitive or motor functions.

Welcoming Amy Neeser, RDM Program Manager

Submitted by Christopher R. HOFFMAN on October 2, 2017

Research IT and the Library are happy to welcome Amy Neeser to UCB as our new Research Data Management Program Manager. Amy joins UCB from the University of Michigan where she was the Research Data Curation Librarian. Amy has a joint appointment with the Library and Research IT and has desks in the library Data Lab (Doe 189) and Warren Hall.

Helping Scientists Understand Research Cyber Risks

Submitted by Patrick Schmitz on September 25, 2017

A recent post on the UC IT Blog makes clear the security threat to University researchers: “Cyber attacks don’t just hit big corporations or governments or hospitals. Anything connected to networks is vulnerable, and that includes research and open science.”

Scientific Linux 7 coming to BRC clusters

Submitted by Quinn Dombrowski on September 14, 2017

Berkeley Research Computing staff are preparing for a major upgrade to the high performance computing clusters (Savio, Vector, and Cortex) that will replace the aging Scientific Linux 6 operating system with version 7, which offers many new and frequently-requested software packages. While the clusters have been running Scientific Linux 6 since the beginning of the Berkeley Research Computing program, it is quickly reaching its end-of-life, making an upgrade essential.

Stretch your FCA further using ht_helper for improved efficiency on Savio

Submitted by Maurice M Manning on September 14, 2017

ht_helper usage (screenshot from GitHub)

The ht_helper utility is available to assist researchers in using Savio, the shared campus high performance computing (HPC) cluster, more efficiently. The utility can make a dramatic difference in maximizing the quantity of computation a researcher can perform using the Berkeley Research Computing Program’s free Faculty Computing Allowance.

Research IT hosts Workforce Strategy Panel at annual One IT Summit 2017

Submitted by Aaron Culich on September 13, 2017

Research IT hosted a Workforce Strategy Panel at this year’s One IT Summit, facilitated by Aaron Culich and David Greenbaum. The panel was part of the event’s Track 1: Paving a Path for the Future: Teaching and Research, Cloud Strategy, and Workforce Development.

Research IT presence at annual UCCSC 2017 gathering

Submitted by Aaron Culich on August 28, 2017

UCCSC 2017 - UC Research in the Cloud(s) Panel - slide #1

This year’s University of California Computing Services Conference (UCCSC) included a new track -- Research IT -- and was hosted at the beautiful UC San Diego (UCSD) campus August 7–9, 2017. The annual conference gathered together over 500 people from all 10 UC campuses, 3 Medical Center campuses, and the Office of the President.

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