You’re invited! Advanced Research Computing (ARC) invites the U-M research community and all interested individuals to our hybrid Fall Open House for a Research Computing Modernization update covering High Performance Computing (HPC) upgrades, storage, and secure computing services. Join us in person or online!
Event Details:
- Date: Thursday, September 10, 2026
- Time: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
- Locations:
- 10th Floor, Weiser Hall (500 Church St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109)
- Livestream Zoom webinar
Agenda
- Presentation: Project Overviews
- Great Lakes 2 (GL2): status updates on U-M’s next-generation open HPC cluster, including hardware procurement, expanded CPU/GPU capacities, and the phased transition plan from legacy environments.
- Wolverine Shield (CUI/CMMC Service Rollout): an overview of U-M’s new secure computing environment designed to support research projects handling CUI data and federal NIST 800-171 security requirements. Built on Microsoft 365 GCC High and Azure Government, Wolverine Shield will provide a managed framework compliant up to CMMC Level 2.
- Research Data Straits: ARC’s new data lifecycle management service designed to help researchers manage their data efficiently across storage systems (Turbo, Locker, Data Den) and optimize costs and reduce risks
- Secure Health Computing: Updates on Armis2, plans for the upcoming Dunes cluster, and expanded capabilities for Protected Health Information (PHI) HPC and AI research.
- Scaling Storage to 2030: How ARC plans to accommodate exponential data growth and manage 100+ Petabytes of campus research data through 2030.
- Question & Answer session: Bring any and all questions for project leads and ARC leadership: what research IT challenges are you facing that you think ARC does not address? Are you outgrowing the GPU setup in your office? Curious about post-award data sharing? We want to hear from you! Submit your questions ahead of time via our Google form
- Casual Office Hours & Networking: In-person attendees are invited to chat one-on-one with the ARC team and unit IT reps about your specific research projects, technical needs, or onboarding questions. For online attendees seeking research and coding support, CoderSpaces offers weekly office hours over Zoom for all skill levels.
We look forward to seeing you there. Please feel free to reach out with any questions to [email protected].
Don’t miss these training sessions featuring the ARC consulting team and partners!
As we launch these major infrastructure upgrades and new services, we want to make sure you have the skills to take full advantage of them. Join an upcoming HPC training workshop:
- Sep. 9: Introduction to the Linux Command Line
- Sep. 17: Introduction to Research Computing on the Great Lakes Cluster
- Sep. 18: Advanced Research Computing on the Great Lakes Cluster
View the full workshop schedule on the Teaching and Technology Collaborative homepage.
