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**Author:** [@ktrn](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/ktrn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/best-practices-for-asking-and-answering-questions-on-ask-ci/4214 "2025-04-18T15:24:35Z")
What are the best practices for asking questions and answering questions on Ask.CI? --- ## [BU Research Computing Services team is hiring](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/bu-research-computing-services-team-is-hiring/4481)
**Author:** [@ktrn](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/ktrn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2026, 6:12pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/bu-research-computing-services-team-is-hiring/4481 "2026-09-17T18:12:37Z")
Boston University’s Research Computing Services Team is growing! We have 4 open positions on our team: Open now: Manager of AI & Research Computing Initiatives Senior Research Computing Applications & Data Specialist … --- ## [Opportunity at Tufts University - HPC Engineer - Privacy Research Program](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/opportunity-at-tufts-university-hpc-engineer-privacy-research-program/4478)
**Author:** [@DelilahM](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/DelilahM)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/opportunity-at-tufts-university-hpc-engineer-privacy-research-program/4478 "2026-09-10T19:54:39Z")
We are seeking a remote High Performance Computing (HPC) Engineer to join our team and help build the next generation of Secure Research Computing infrastructure at Tufts. This role will be a key contributor to our Priva… --- ## [Senior QA and Production Support Manager at Harvard IQSS](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/senior-qa-and-production-support-manager-at-harvard-iqss/4448)
**Author:** [@pdurbin](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/pdurbin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2026, 5:43pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/senior-qa-and-production-support-manager-at-harvard-iqss/4448 "2026-07-08T17:43:38Z")
IQSS at Harvard is hiring! Please see https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/3uT8PTu6s4g/m/12OVYd-RAAAJ --- ## [How does you institution approach liquid cooling of data centers?](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/how-does-you-institution-approach-liquid-cooling-of-data-centers/4438)
**Author:** [@jfossot](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/jfossot)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2026, 3:45pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/how-does-you-institution-approach-liquid-cooling-of-data-centers/4438 "2026-06-04T15:45:33Z")
Reasoning and Approach To summarize liquid cooling strategies, I analyzed the email discussion among institutional IT and HPC leaders regarding their approaches, experiences, and considerations for implementing liquid co… --- ## [What solution is used by your institution to document Research Computing Activities?](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/what-solution-is-used-by-your-institution-to-document-research-computing-activities/4437)
**Author:** [@jfossot](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/jfossot)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/what-solution-is-used-by-your-institution-to-document-research-computing-activities/4437 "2026-06-04T15:17:52Z")
This summary reflects the collective experience and advice of research IT professionals, providing a practical reference for organizations seeking to improve their documentation solutions. To create a brief report of th… --- ## [Senior Research Data Support Analyst, Yale University](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/senior-research-data-support-analyst-yale-university/4433)
**Author:** [@mitchell.horn](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/mitchell.horn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/senior-research-data-support-analyst-yale-university/4433 "2026-05-29T18:51:13Z")
Yale School of the Environment is hiring a Senior Data Scientist with expertise in computational, big-data, and AI methods to advance ground-breaking research. See the above link for more details! --- ## [Open ML facilitator position at University of Wisconsin - Madison](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/open-ml-facilitator-position-at-university-of-wisconsin-madison/4431)
**Author:** [@ckoch5](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/ckoch5)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/open-ml-facilitator-position-at-university-of-wisconsin-madison/4431 "2026-05-26T17:37:49Z")
The Center for High Throughput Computing at UW-Madison is hiring a machine learning/AI research computing facilitator! If you like solving problems with others and want to support ML/AI workloads, this is the position fo… --- ## [Inaugural T3-CIDERS webinar series - 4/1/2026](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/inaugural-t3-ciders-webinar-series-4-1-2026/4417)
**Author:** [@wirawan0](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/wirawan0)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 8:59pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/inaugural-t3-ciders-webinar-series-4-1-2026/4417 "2026-03-30T20:59:37Z")
The T3-CIDERS project is pleased to announce the inaugural session of the “T3-CIDERS Seminar Series”! Our first seminar will host Dr. Daoce Wang from the University of Nebraska Omaha, who will present a talk on scalable … --- ## [How to manage Performance issues when using VSCode to connect to an HPC login node](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/how-to-manage-performance-issues-when-using-vscode-to-connect-to-an-hpc-login-node/4408)
**Author:** [@jfossot](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/jfossot)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2026, 8:42pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/how-to-manage-performance-issues-when-using-vscode-to-connect-to-an-hpc-login-node/4408 "2026-03-07T20:42:07Z")
The core problem: VSCode users connecting to an HPC login node cause performance issues, mainly through heavy file I/O (VSCode’s file watcher crawls the filesystem aggressively). Recommended solutions, in order of popul… --- ## [Multi-user ArcGIS Pro for sensitive research data—what's working at scale?](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/multi-user-arcgis-pro-for-sensitive-research-data-whats-working-at-scale/4380)
**Author:** [@mitchellxh](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/mitchellxh)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2026, 11:42pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/multi-user-arcgis-pro-for-sensitive-research-data-whats-working-at-scale/4380 "2026-01-05T23:42:12Z")
We’re trying to provide shared ArcGIS Pro access to researchers working with high-risk data (PHI-adjacent, contractually confidential). Currently running persistent Azure VMs (bundles Windows OS license unlike AWS). Woul… --- ## [Computational Specialist (hybrid) at Northwestern Research Computing and Data Services](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/computational-specialist-hybrid-at-northwestern-research-computing-and-data-services/4386)
**Author:** [@akinaci](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/akinaci)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/computational-specialist-hybrid-at-northwestern-research-computing-and-data-services/4386 "2025-12-22T17:08:34Z")
Hi All, Research Computing and Data Services team at Northwestern is hiring a Computational Specialist. Our team works together with University researchers, IT partners and collaborators nationwide to facilitate comput… --- ## [What solution does your institution provide for running SAS interactively on your cluster?](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/what-solution-does-your-institution-provide-for-running-sas-interactively-on-your-cluster/4375)
**Author:** [@ktrn](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/ktrn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/what-solution-does-your-institution-provide-for-running-sas-interactively-on-your-cluster/4375 "2025-12-12T00:54:05Z")
Our users find the standard interactive environment (the SAS Display Manager) very difficult to use. It opens as several small, isolated windows, which is a significant downgrade from the modern SAS Studio experience the… --- ## [Director of Research Technology - Wichita State University](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/director-of-research-technology-wichita-state-university/4367)
**Author:** [@terrance.figy](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/terrance.figy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2025, 3:03pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/director-of-research-technology-wichita-state-university/4367 "2025-11-11T15:03:36Z")
--- ## [Uptime requirement for HPC cluster](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/uptime-requirement-for-hpc-cluster/4349)
**Author:** [@ktrn](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/ktrn)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/uptime-requirement-for-hpc-cluster/4349 "2025-10-03T15:24:15Z")
From the CaRCC community discussion Hello all, I am struggling trying to find the requirement of wole system uptime for HPC clusters, e.g. from NIH funding supported systems. I found NSF asks for \<5% downtime. But no… --- ## [Googe Earth Engine](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/googe-earth-engine/4346)
**Author:** [@nucci](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/nucci)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/googe-earth-engine/4346 "2025-09-19T14:44:12Z")
We have a person at our location who is using the Google Earth Engine (GEE) API as part of their work. They have some type of programming error that caused their code to mimic a denial of service attack, which naturally … --- ## [HPC Workshop Series Satellite Site Invitation - Call for Sites - September through November](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/hpc-workshop-series-satellite-site-invitation-call-for-sites-september-through-november/4332)
**Author:** [@nucci](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/nucci)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/hpc-workshop-series-satellite-site-invitation-call-for-sites-september-through-november/4332 "2025-08-15T15:23:37Z")
The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center is pleased to announce a regular series of remote workshops on High Performance Computing topics. These hands-on workshops provide a convenient way for researchers to learn about the … --- ## [Uv vs. conda vs. virtualenv](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/uv-vs-conda-vs-virtualenv/4232)
**Author:** [@ktrn](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/ktrn)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/uv-vs-conda-vs-virtualenv/4232 "2025-08-04T13:34:43Z")
Dear colleagues, Have you used uv to manage your Python environment (https://github.com/astral-sh/uv)? It seems to work very fast, but I wonder if there are any challenges or downsides to using this package management s… --- ## [Need assistance getting DAFoam set up](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/need-assistance-getting-dafoam-set-up/4268)
**Author:** [@nucci](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/nucci)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 7:19pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/need-assistance-getting-dafoam-set-up/4268 "2025-07-22T19:19:15Z")
Does anyone here have familiarity with DAFoam (DAFoam: Discrete Adjoint with OpenFOAM for High-fidelity Multidisciplinary Design Optimization | DAFoam)? I’m trying to set up a containerized version using their Docker co… --- ## [What are the best practices to use AI/LLM tools to analyze free responses in very large surveys?](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/what-are-the-best-practices-to-use-ai-llm-tools-to-analyze-free-responses-in-very-large-surveys/4260)
**Author:** [@ktrn](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/ktrn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/what-are-the-best-practices-to-use-ai-llm-tools-to-analyze-free-responses-in-very-large-surveys/4260 "2025-06-28T14:48:05Z")
I’m looking for guidance on using AI/LLM tools and (API and standalone) libraries to analyze free-form responses from large surveys (10,000 or even 100,000 entries). Specifically, I would like to learn: Which API-base… --- ## [Data Transfer Between Directories in Isilon](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/data-transfer-between-directories-in-isilon/4189)
**Author:** [@rosemont](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/rosemont)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/data-transfer-between-directories-in-isilon/4189 "2025-06-27T14:35:09Z")
Hello, can data be transferred directly between two directories within Isilon (now PowerScale) without using an intermediary system? Our system administrator typically sets up a jump host, mounts both shares, and uses rs… --- ## [How to configure Spark's path for the tmpdir when running on an MPI queue](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/how-to-configure-sparks-path-for-the-tmpdir-when-running-on-an-mpi-queue/4246)
**Author:** [@ktrn](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/ktrn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/how-to-configure-sparks-path-for-the-tmpdir-when-running-on-an-mpi-queue/4246 "2025-06-27T14:06:16Z")
I am trying to run a program that uses Spark on our MPI queue. However, Spark creates very large files in the /tmp directory, so I would like to configure Spark to write all these temporary files to a specific directory… --- ## [Why do my OOD "My Interactive Sessions" job cards disappear?](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/why-do-my-ood-my-interactive-sessions-job-cards-disappear/4191)
**Author:** [@wwarr](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/wwarr)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2025, 12:28pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/why-do-my-ood-my-interactive-sessions-job-cards-disappear/4191 "2025-05-08T12:28:52Z")
Why do my OOD “My Interactive Sessions” job cards disappear? Sometimes my job cards disappear from the “My Interactive Sessions” page on Open OnDemand. --- ## [MPI + Singularity](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/mpi-singularity/4193)
**Author:** [@carrie.brown](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/carrie.brown)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2025, 5:49pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/mpi-singularity/4193 "2025-04-21T17:49:37Z")
We have a user who is trying to execute multiple containers using MPI on our Slurm cluster, but the job hangs with no output. Here’s a minimally reproducible example: Running this works fine: srun -n 5 apptainer exec … --- ## [Rules of Thumb for setting fs.max-files in parallel file systems?](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/rules-of-thumb-for-setting-fs-max-files-in-parallel-file-systems/4204)
**Author:** [@ndanes](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/ndanes)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/rules-of-thumb-for-setting-fs-max-files-in-parallel-file-systems/4204 "2025-04-06T17:38:45Z")
We recently had our entire BeegFS file system get corrupted due to the a sudden blow-up of IOPS. The error logs included, for example: \[root@oss1 ~\]# grep "Apr 5" /var/log/messages | grep "Too many open files" | wc -l … --- ## [UW-Madison is hiring 2 storage/data engineer positions!](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/uw-madison-is-hiring-2-storage-data-engineer-positions/4198)
**Author:** [@jan.cheetham](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/jan.cheetham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/uw-madison-is-hiring-2-storage-data-engineer-positions/4198 "2025-03-24T18:43:10Z")
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is hiring a Data Movement Engineer and a Storage Integration Engineer. These are new positions that will help build and scale up our research data management and storage infrastructure… --- ## [How to run a research deepfake model on Jetstream2](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/how-to-run-a-research-deepfake-model-on-jetstream2/4035)
**Author:** [@juanjo.garciamesa](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/juanjo.garciamesa)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/how-to-run-a-research-deepfake-model-on-jetstream2/4035 "2025-03-10T21:03:47Z")
I recently was able to deploy an instance in Jetstream2 and run a deepfake project that focuses on individual recognition in paper wasps. I composed a document with the steps I followed and I thought it would be of inter… --- ## [REMOTE Position at Tufts - Research Data Management Specialist](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/remote-position-at-tufts-research-data-management-specialist/4188)
**Author:** [@DelilahM](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/DelilahM)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/remote-position-at-tufts-research-data-management-specialist/4188 "2025-03-04T15:45:32Z")
For More Details and Apply Here: https://jobs.tufts.edu/jobs/21422 Job DescriptionOverview Tufts Technology Services (TTS) is a university-wide service organization committed to delivering adaptable, results driven tec… --- ## [Explore the GOOD Conference Program!](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/explore-the-good-conference-program/4165)
**Author:** [@jma](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/jma)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/explore-the-good-conference-program/4165 "2025-01-24T15:58:35Z")
We’re excited to announce that the program for the Global Open OnDemand Conference (GOOD) is now published on the website. Join us March 17–20, 2025, at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, for four days of insightful t… --- ## [Push singularity image from cluster](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/push-singularity-image-from-cluster/4149)
**Author:** [@sasmita](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/sasmita)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/push-singularity-image-from-cluster/4149 "2025-02-16T17:33:08Z")
How to push a singularity image to docker hub from cluster. [Next page](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/latest.md?page=1)