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.

BRC is recruiting: Research Computing Support internships and Domain Consultant position

Submitted by Steve Masover on August 25, 2017

It’s the start of Fall semester, and the Berkeley Research Computing (BRC) Program is recruiting for undergraduate and graduate student positions!

Research Computing Support (undergraduate internships)

First, BRC is seeking multiple Research Computing Support interns. The positions are open to UC Berkeley undergraduate students in any year and any major, with expected graduation between May 2018 - May 2022. Here’s the job description:

Seismologist processes earthquake waveforms recorded by smartphones on multiple platforms

Submitted by Erica Chen on August 17, 2017

Growing up in Anyang, in a central region of China greatly impacted by earthquakes, Qingkai Kong was inspired to do research in seismology precisely because earthquakes are serious natural hazards that affect communities worldwide. Berkeley’s proximity to the Hayward Fault influenced his decision to complete his graduate studies under Richard Allen at the UC Berkeley Seismology Lab.

Research IT interns develop improvements to Savio functionality in response to user input

Submitted by Erica Chen on August 15, 2017

This past year, Research IT’s interns have been working alongside staff to improve the experience of Savio cluster users.

Sociologist uses Docker to switch workflows with ease

Submitted by Erica Chen on July 26, 2017

As both a visiting doctoral candidate at UCLA’s Department of Sociology and a lecturer in the School of Information’s Master of Information and Data Science program (MIDS), Brooks Ambrose needed an efficient way to organize and switch between his different workflows throughout the day.

Research IT's Quinn Dombrowski steps up to lead BRC Consulting

Submitted by Jason C. Christopher on July 7, 2017

Research IT’s Quinn Dombrowski is the new service manager for BRC Consulting as of July 1, 2017. Dombrowski brings a wealth of consulting experience and leadership to her new role.

Research IT Staff Present at UC Berkeley CaVraCon

Submitted by Erica Chen on June 27, 2017

3D model of Egyptian sarcophagus constructed using photogrammetry software

Emerging image technologies took digital humanities to new heights in this year’s statewide CaVraCon [1], the biennial California Visual Resources Association Conference, which is affiliated with the Visual Resources Association. Librarians, archivists, and scholars gathered at UC Berkeley to discuss developments and issues in the field of image and media management.

Welcome to Berkeley Research Computing's Summer 2017 Interns

Submitted by Erica Chen on June 22, 2017

Research IT welcomes a UX/Visualization intern, a Journalism and Outreach intern, and two Coding/Database interns to the Berkeley Research Computing (BRC) team for summer 2017. Cassie Zhang, our returning UX/Visualization intern, will be implementing a “dashboard” for the Savio High Performance Compute cluster, a project continuing from spring 2017.

Challenges and Opportunities of VM Image Curation and Discovery

Submitted by Patrick Schmitz on June 21, 2017

Virtual Machine (VM) images are being used more and more widely, across a range of research computation services. With the increasing creation and adoption of VM images, there is a need for maintenance regimes, discovery mechanisms, and curation practices to support researchers whose focus is on the use of these images, not their creation and upkeep.

Singularity on Savio: containerized applications and mobility of computation

Submitted by Steve Masover on June 2, 2017

Singularity is an emerging software tool that facilitates the movement of software applications and workflows between computational environments -- from a researcher’s laptop, to Berkeley’s high-performance computing cluster, Savio, to XSEDE’s national-scale clusters (e.g., Jetstream, Comet) or

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