The UFRC team is pleased to announce the availability of significant upgrades to our load balancer infrastructure and login node service, which will go into production on the morning of Monday April 9. New ssh logins will automatically be routed… Read More
First Annual Data Symposium: March 19
The first annual Data Symposium will be held March 19, 2018, with the topic of “Enabling Data Reproducibility and Sustainability.” Where: Smathers Library (East), Room 100 When: March 19, 2018 Registration Fee: $95 faculty; $45 students Registration Deadline: March 13,… Read More
Annual Statistics Winter Workshop: January 19-20
The Department of Statistic’s Annual Winter Workshop will take place on January 19-20, 2018 at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. This year’s title is: “Semi-Parametric and Non-Parametric Statistics in the Era of Big Data.” The workshop will seek to answer… Read More
ResVault Scheduled Maintenance: 12/18
Research Computing staff are completing maintenance in the ResVault environment on Monday, December 18th from 6:00 AM-10:00 PM EST, which includes the following: Upgrading ResVault test environment front-end and back-end to latest version Upgrading ResVault production environment front-end and back-end… Read More
Globus Service Unavailable Saturday, 12/9
As part of preparation for making Globus data management solutions suitable for use with protected data and in HIPAA regulated environments, Globus services will be taken down briefly on Saturday, December 9th, starting at 9:00am until 1:00pm. During that time… Read More
ResearchVault Day scheduled for Thursday, Nov 9
The upcoming ResearchVault Day is scheduled for November 9, from 11:30am – 1:30pm, in the UF Informatics Institute. The event features a total of four speakers from the Office of Research, Research Computing, and Information Security Office. Presentations are high-level… Read More
David Ojika Awarded Amazon Research Grant for Deep Learning Research
David Ojika, an ECE PhD candidate at UF, has been awarded a $28K research grant by Amazon, his second research award this semester. The award is aimed at accelerating deep learning research using programmable logic (or FPGAs), and will help… Read More
UFRC website updated and new storage offerings added
The Research Computing website has been updated to describe changes in the storage offerings and prices. Changes to the website: The Services menu tab is now grouped by system: HiPerGator, ResShield & ResVault, Campus Research Network, and Advanced Support. The… Read More
UF Informatics Institute announces Student Data Analysis Seminar
University of Florida’s Informatics Institute (UFII) announces the new Student Data Analysis Seminar (SDAS), which is beginning its initial offering this Fall 2017. SDAS will meet once a week on Thursdays during Period 7 (1:55PM – 2:45PM) in Room E252 CSE in the office of the… Read More
2017 Supercomputer Rankings: HiPerGator #3 Among U.S. Public Universities
The TOP500 is the most referenced global ranking of high performance computing systems. Each June and November, their organization compiles a list of the 500 most powerful computer systems in the world. In the June 2017 rankings, UF’s HiPerGator earned… Read More