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FBI and DHHS Warn Public About COVID-19 Scams

This December is a Perfect Season For Scammers

December is a month of holidays, travel, and family gatherings.  Most years, December creates extra stress but makes up for it with special occasions enjoyed with family and friends.  This year,...

Posted: December 16, 2020, 5:40 PM

Tips on Identifying Phishing Scams

Think, Then Slow Down And Think Again

The article linked below lists a few tips on how to identify phishing scams in your daily life or while you are working. Here is a short list of some clues to help identify phishing emails....

Posted: December 16, 2020, 5:30 PM

HPCF Users Produced over 400 Publications

New count of HPCF publications since 2008

Dear Researchers, Colleagues, and Students, Thanks to many of you for sending information on publications, including journal and conference papers and also theses (senior/undergrad, Master's,...

Posted: December 16, 2020, 8:52 AM

HyFlex Instruction Classroom Upgrades for Spring 2021

Upgrades to Instructional Spaces for Remote Learning

In the spring of 2019, DoIT's AV Services department engineered and installed a software-based video conferencing system in Engineering 025 as a pilot project. Based on the success of this...

Posted: December 15, 2020, 3:55 PM

WT2021 Instructional Technology Update

The UMBC Instructional Technology Update is provided by the Division of Information Technology for students, faculty and staff. If you have questions or need help, please consult the Blackboard...

Posted: December 15, 2020, 12:28 PM

DoIT's Sherri Braxton Leaving UMBC

What can I say, it’s 2020. I’m writing to announce that Sherri Braxton, Senior Director of Instructional Technology in the Division of Information Technology, has accepted a new position as Senior...

Posted: December 14, 2020, 10:50 AM

Taki Login Node downtime tomorrow at 5 pm (Login Reboot)

We are installing patches on the login nodes

We will be taking a brief downtime on the login nodes to install patches. This will not effect running jobs, but you will be logged out of the taki.rs.umbc.edu and other login nodes. We expect...

Posted: December 14, 2020, 10:49 AM

Google Widespread Outage early Monday Morning

Email, Calendar and Docs are unavailable until 8:00am

This morning Google had a widespread outage that affected all of their services, including Gmail, Calendar, Google Docs, Google Meet and Youtube. Service was quickly restored by approximately...

Posted: December 14, 2020, 8:23 AM

Outcomes Report of NSF MRI Grant Posted

Report provides visual highlights of work using taki

Dear Researchers, Colleagues, and Students, In 2017, a group of 51 UMBC researchers was successful in competing for an MRI (Major Research Infrastructure) grant from the NSF. Having this many...

Posted: December 13, 2020, 8:36 AM

HPCF Usage Stats Posted

Taki usage is analyzed by PI groups and architecture

Dear Researchers, Colleagues, and Students, User support in collaboration with system administrators have developed visual representation of monthly usage levels of taki's CPU and GPU...

Posted: December 12, 2020, 8:36 AM