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All help requests/issues should be reported through the DoIT Research computing rt ticket system. To do this please submit the form here: HPCF Help Request. If you are not logged into your umbc account you will be asked to do so. This is not the form for HPCF Account Requests, please see the list below.

This is for all questions that relate to system administration, but also all questions on how to use the systems and this website. 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 in this way, 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.

Overview

• 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 account requests from both student and sponsor before an account can be approved. All accounts are subject to approval by the user committee. The accounts are set up under the faculty sponsor, and all storage is viewable to the sponsor.
• 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).

2015-2016 (current)	Jonathan Graf, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, jongraf1@umbc.edu Samuel Khuvis, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, khsa1@umbc.edu
2014-2015	Jonathan Graf, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, jongraf1@umbc.edu Xuan Huang, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, hu6@umbc.edu Samuel Khuvis, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, khsa1@umbc.edu
2013-2014	Andrew Raim, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, araim1@umbc.edu Xuan Huang, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, hu6@umbc.edu Samuel Khuvis, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, khsa1@umbc.edu
2012-2013	Andrew Raim, Department of Mathematics and Statistics Xuan Huang, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
2011-2012	Andrew Raim, Department of Mathematics and Statistics Xuan Huang, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
2010-2011	Andrew Raim, Department of Mathematics and Statistics David Trott, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
2009-2010	Andrew Raim, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
2008-2009	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 rules for HPCF. Its members at present are

• Matthias K. Gobbert (Mathematics and Statistics)
• Curtis R. Menyuk (Computer Science and Electrical Engineering)
• Marc Olano (Computer Science and Electrical Engineering)
• Lynn Sparling (Physics)
• Larrabee Strow (Physics)
• Ian Thorpe (Chemistry)
• Claire Welty (Chemical, Biochemical & Environmental Engineering and CUERE)