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DoIT Announces Instructional Technology Staffing Changes

Following Sherri Braxton’s departure as Senior Director of Instructional Technology, I am pleased to announce the following changes in staffing and assignments: Mariann Hawken (Manager of...

Posted: January 28, 2021, 2:49 PM

Take Downtime Completed: Update

To All Taki Users, The taki.rs.umbc.edu cluster environment remains online and accessible after this week's downtime. The following partitions are active and accessible via slurm jobs:...

Posted: January 27, 2021, 9:27 PM

Taki Downtime Completed

To All Taki Users, The taki.rs.umbc.edu cluster is now back online. User node taki-usr1 is available for users to access the cluster environment. The batch, interactive, and high_mem...

Posted: January 26, 2021, 7:12 PM

Continued Downtime

To All Taki Users, We are currently experiencing some issues with the upgrade. We continue to work with support services and external consultants to bring the cluster environment back online....

Posted: January 26, 2021, 4:43 PM

HelioCampus Implementation Update: Keeping You Informed

What everyone needs to know about HelioCampus

In this first of a series of updates, we’ll give a description of what HelioCampus (Helio, for short) is and why we’re investing in it, provide an overview of UMBC’s goals for the project, and...

Posted: January 26, 2021, 2:10 PM