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Overview

• User Questions and System Administration: For all questions that relate to system administration, but also all questions on how to use the systems and this website, please e-mail to the list hpc-support@lists.umbc.edu. This also includes requests for installation of software, reporting any unexpected behavior of the system, issues with user behavior, and anything else that warrants attention. This list is monitored both by the system administrators from DoIT (UMBC Division of Information Technology) and by the chair of the user committee and the HPCF RA for user support (see below). By reporting issues to this list, you can take advantage of receiving both sys admin attention and user support help, depending on which is more suitable, without the user having to decide what type of problem it is.

  For e-mail to the list mentioned above, make sure to send your e-mail from an address within the UMBC domain. If you use an outside address, your mail might be returned to you undelivered. If you have problems sending e-mail to one of those addresses, contact the DoIT Helpdesk.

• Account Requests: To request an account on our computing cluster, fill out the Account Request Form. The machines in HPCF are open to the UMBC community, but since they are for research purposes, an account application by students needs to be sponsored by a faculty member. This means that we need to receive both account requests before an account can be approved. All accounts are subject to approval by the user committee.
• Consulting Support As part of the user support for the machines in the HPCF, the Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Consulting (CIRC) in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics coordinates more individualized user support. If you are interested in this, please visit www.umbc.edu/circ and fill out a Service Request Form under the Services Available tab mentioning the keyword "HPCF".
• HPCF Point of Contact The point of contact for the UMBC High Performance Computing Facility (HPCF) is the chair of the user committee, Dr. Matthias K. Gobbert, see below. Contact him for all inquiries on HPCF, its machines, general questions, to submit publications, to inquire about joining the financing of the machine, for feedback and suggestions, and all other questions.

Contact Information

Point of Contact: The chair of the user committee serves as point of contact for HPCF:

Graduate Research Assistants: The point of contact and chair of the user committee is assisted by graduate research assistants (HPCF RAs).

2012-13 (current)

• Andrew Raim, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, araim1@umbc.edu
• Xuan Huang, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, hu6@umbc.edu

2011-12

• Andrew Raim, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, araim1@umbc.edu

2010-11

• Andrew Raim, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
• David Trott, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

2009-10

• Andrew Raim, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

2008-09

• Sam Trahan, Department of Physics

The RAs are available to provide user support and help with research on the computing cluster. To request support, please e-mail hpc-support@lists.umbc.edu and not the RAs individually.

Committees

HPCF is a community-based, user-driven facility. This is reflected in its governance structure.

The user committee works with DoIT staff on technical issues of the setup of the machine. Its members at present are

• Matthias K. Gobbert, Chair, gobbert@umbc.edu
• Lynn Sparling, sparling@umbc.edu
• Ian Thorpe, ithorpe@umbc.edu

As the user base of the machine grows over time, we anticipate extending this committee to reflect a cross-section of affiliations, usage types, and expertises. Ordinarily, the chair of the user committee serves as point of contact for HPCF (see above), but you are welcome to contact other members of the committee if necessary.

The governance committee was established to more broadly discuss and decide policies for HPCF. Its members at present are

• Matthias K. Gobbert (Mathematics and Statistics)
• Raymond M. Hoff (Physics and JCET)
• Curtis R. Menyuk (Computer Science and Electrical Engineering)
• Marc Olano (Computer Science and Electrical Engineering)
• Lynn Sparling (Physics)
• Larrabee Strow (Physics)
• Ian Thorpe (Chemistry)