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Slurm Outage Resolved
To all chip users,
The slurm outage has been resolved. New jobs can now be submitted for scheduling and running jobs were unaffected. We appreciate you patience.
Max Breitmeyer,
HPC Specialist
Posted: May 26, 2026, 12:41 PM
Temporary Slurm Outage
To all chip users, We are aware of a temporary outage to slurm that is preventing new jobs from being submitted, as well as viewing the status of the cluster and the running jobs. Please be...
Posted: May 26, 2026, 12:30 PM
20260602 Downtime Announcement
To all chip users, On Tuesday June 2nd, the chip cluster will be inaccessible during business hours starting at 0800ET. This downtime will be to apply critical security patches, and to...
Posted: May 22, 2026, 1:39 PM
Stay Safe Online While Traveling this Summer
Don’t let phishing ruin the summer fun
Dear UMBC Community, Congratulations to our graduates and we are so excited that summer is finally here! This is a reminder to the entire UMBC community that phishing emails don’t take a...
Posted: May 21, 2026, 1:00 PM
Congratulations to our DoIT May Graduates
Congratulations to the Division of Information Technology's student employees who will be graduating this week! Your contributions to our Networks, Communications, AV Services, Analytics,...
Posted: May 19, 2026, 9:17 AM
A Ticket to Opportunity: Beamlak Bekele Reflects on her High Performance Computing Experience
A Graduating DoIT Student Employee Story
Beamlak Bekele, a UMBC Graduate student, shares her fulfilling job experience with the Division of Information Technology’s (DoIT) High Performance Computing Facility (HPCF), part of DoIT’s Unix...
Posted: May 18, 2026, 3:03 PM
Quarterly Patching Downtimes - 5/21 & 5/30
As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching on Thursday, May 21st and Saturday, May 30th. While many of the...
Posted: May 18, 2026, 11:56 AM
Storage System Performance Update
Good afternoon everyone, We are continuing our work on deep-level Ceph configuration to improve the cluster’s stability. These ongoing improvements are essential to maintain cluster health and...
Posted: May 15, 2026, 2:16 PM
SP2026 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: May 13, 2026, 3:46 PM
Carter Gerhardt ’26, computer engineering, navigated a mid-degree major change and his community provided the support he needed to succeed
Celebrating one of DoIT's student employees!
Original post from UMBC News & Magazine In February 2020, Carter Gerhardt visited the UMBC campus as a newly admitted student. Six years later, he attended the same event, this time as a...
Posted: May 13, 2026, 10:06 AM
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