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Scale-Up: The HPC & AI Tutorial Series

From access to AI master the chip HPC within one semester

All sessions in hybrid: ENGR 102 for in-person session and online via WebEx 1300ET - 1400ET 1400ET - 1430ET for Office Hours The Center for Scalable Data and Computational Science (ScaleS),...

Posted: February 11, 2026, 5:11 PM

Read/Write of Files on chip Back to Normal

All chip users, The I/O performance issues experienced by many users earlier today have been resolved. We apologize for any lost time and impacts to productivity. Please resume normal...

Posted: February 9, 2026, 8:24 PM

Slow Read/Write of Files on chip

Hi all, We are aware of an issue with chip that is causing slow read and write of files across the system, and sometimes network disconnects. Please bear with us as we investigate. 

Posted: February 9, 2026, 2:21 PM

myUMBC Scheduled Downtime February 15th

EDIT 2/15/2026 at 8:35am: The maintenance has been completed. Thank you for your patience. The Division of Information Technology will perform scheduled maintenance of myUMBC on Sunday,...

Posted: February 9, 2026, 1:08 PM

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