INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY Spring 2000 Indiana University Information Technology University Information Technology Services Please cite as: Stewart, C.A University Information Technology Services. Presentation. Meeting of IUPUI Research Deans, March, 2000, IUPUI Engineering & Technology Building, Indianapolis, IN. Available from:

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY Spring 2000 Data and account management issues What ’ s the worst thing a computing center can do to a researcher? Steps now in place that should ensure reliable retention of data stored on IU systems: –Changes in account management –Full backups of each system will be stored in an off-site vault indefinitely –Changes in notification procedures when accounts are to be removed

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY Spring 2000 IU ’ s Goal “ To be a leader in absolute terms in information technology ” -IU president Myles Brand, 1996

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY Spring 2000 OVPIT/UITS Organization Four Divisions –Teaching & Learning Information Technology –Telecommunications –University Information Systems –Research and Academic Computing Distributed Education Regional Campuses Cross-cutting functions: Finance, HR, Communications, Policy, AITL

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY Spring 2000 Particular IUPUI for RAC As of 1997, no staff devoted to research support Distrust between campuses, particularly in terms of using research systems physically located in Bloomington. RSM environment, and in some cases services located within inappropriate IUPUI subunits

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY Spring 2000 Current RAC Structure: Computation Stat/Math Center. (0.5 FTE resident on IUPUI Campus) Unix Workstation Support Group (2 FTE resident on IUPUI campus) Computational Research Support (3 FTE, including 1 PA16 manager, resident on IUPUI campus) Research and Technical Services High Performance Computing Support

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY Spring 2000 Current RAC Structure: Data Advanced Visualization Laboratory (2 FTEs resident at IUPUI) Distributed Storage Systems Group Digital Libraries

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY Spring 2000 Research Systems – recent highlights Announced the IU/IBM partnership, May 1999 –SP upgrades. Back in “ Top 100 ” list on 1 January 2000 –Acquisition and installation of massive data storage system –Equipment at IUPUI as part of IU ’ s Internet2 DSI participation Implemented parallel PC Cluster (Compaq) Sun E10000 acquisition

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY Spring 2000 Research Computing Metrics Maximum Computation Capacity (MFLOPS)

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY Spring 2000

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY Objectives for systems and support at IUPUI University-wide access to RAC systems (SP, E10000, Steel) Good local support - physical location of the computing systems should be irrelevant Optimize use of university funds Achieve economies of scale – university as a whole should have access to larger systems than any individual campus could manage

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY Spring 2000 Recent IUPUI AutoCAD license Consolidation and expansion of site licenses for research software SPSS Enterprise License Agreement Better availability of Unix OS media MRI proposal Usage of SP

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY Spring 2000 IPCRES & School of Informatics Establishing the Indiana Pervasive Computing Research Initiative –IPCRES Laboratories (3 at IUPUI;3 at IUB) –IPCRES Economic Development Program –IPCRES Education Program and the School of Informatics Partnering with academic units to develop the School of Informatics –Virtual school to exist in parallel with existing units without extracting faculty, students and programs from their present homes –Multi-disciplinary opportunities in Health Informatics –Student involvement in research and development

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY Spring 2000 Obstacles that remain Account creation system (to be corrected this summer) Engrained belief sets & lack of community history New positions not yet filled

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY Spring 2000 Indiana University Questions and Discussion? Thank you. Dr. Craig A. Stewart Director, Research and Academic Computing UITS

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