An expansion of the user support services for the research computing group at the University of Colorado Boulder

Shelley L. Knuth, Joel Frahm, Andrew J. Monaghan, Daniel Trahan, Zebula Sampedro, Aaron Holt, Timothy Dunn, Thomas Hauser, Patrick Burns

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Abstract

In any research computing (RC) environment, the role of the user support group is a combination of education, consulting, and outreach. As this role is the most public-facing of a research computing group’s team, it is important to ensure an excellent level of support is provided to users. The Research Computing group at the University of Colorado (CURC) Boulder maintains a large-scale computing cluster with several hundred active users, among other services, and has done so since 2011. The user support group at CURC provides a variety of services intended to support these users. This paper describes those services the CURC group provides, as well as explores the various ways that these services have been improved in 2018-19. The impact on users is also assessed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing
Subtitle of host publicationRise of the Machines (Learning), PEARC 2019
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)9781450372275
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 28 2019
Event2019 Conference on Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing: Rise of the Machines (Learning), PEARC 2019 - Chicago, United States
Duration: Jul 28 2019Aug 1 2019

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference2019 Conference on Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing: Rise of the Machines (Learning), PEARC 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago
Period07/28/1908/1/19

Keywords

  • Allocations
  • Case Management
  • Education
  • Research Computing
  • Trainings
  • User Support

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