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IT Council
We are working with the IT Council as it develops strategies for transforming how value is delivered through technical services. Support for researchers is a focal area with discussions about centrally coordinating transformative efforts with local support to more efficiently and effectively meet needs.
IT Faculty Advisory Committee
We benefit from governance provided by the IT Faculty Advisory Committee (IT FAC), a subcommittee of IT Governance. In addition to providing guidance on priorities and budget planning, the IT FAC has identified areas of focus which have been instrumental in research support planning.
Data analytics and visualization is a growing need with nearly half of campus faculty seeking easier access to analysis and visualization help. In response, we continue to: develop the Social Media Macroscope; expand the use of Splunk, a machine data indexing tool; extend statistical consulting services via the CITL-Library consulting pilot; and grow expertise while connecting to other campus entities who operate in this space.
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Compute HTC Status
We have assembled a team of volunteers to pilot a free-to-use high-throughput computing resource based upon the HTCondor platform. The initial pieces are falling into place, and we hope to be open for friendly user testing in the coming months, with general availability to follow.
Blue Water Allocations
Blue Waters is one of the world's most powerful computing systems. Proposal submission for the Spring 2018 round of allocations is due March 15, 2018. For more information and to request an allocation visit the Blue Waters website.
Hackathon
The 2018 Hackathon will be held February 23-25. More information is available at https://www.hackillinois.org
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Leveraging Tech Services for Bio Imaging Research
We have partnered with the Biomedical Imaging Center at Beckman Institute to leverage AWS for processing. This partnership decreased processing time from over 260 days to just a few hours. This is their story (video).
AWS Spring Lab Schedule
The Illinois Amazon Web Services (AWS) team has published its 2018 Spring Lab Schedule. The original post, more information, and registration is available at cloud.illinois.edu.
AWS Workshop
The February AWS Containers Workshop was very successful. Due to that success, the Illinois AWS team is looking to host an addition conference in March. The updated workshop information will be shared on cloud.illinois.edu and via Tech Support.
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Parterning with College of Media
The Social Media Analytics team is partnering with advertising undergraduates to compete in the National Student Advertising Competition. Students are working with Ocean Spray to market a new line of products to younger consumers, and the Illinois team wants to focus on leveraging social media analytics applied research for the competition.
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Research IT Portal
Development of the Research IT Portal continues. The team has completed usability testing. Future brown bag sessions and caffeine break talks will share progress. As the go-live date approaches, the Portal team continues to seek feedback. Look for announcements and invitations to conversations and demonstrations of portal progress.
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Disability Resources & Educational Services
Disability Resources & Educational Services (DRES) has made Illinois a leader in post-secondary education for persons with disabilities. DRES can assist researchers in ensuring that research methods and tools are accessible to the disabled. They can also assist in reviewing research output to increase accessability.
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