This service enables faculty, research staff, and graduate students at Oakland University to obtain accounts on the Matilda High Performance Computing (HPC) Cluster. This resource supports computationally intensive research and academic projects across various disciplines. Principal Investigators (PIs) can request accounts for themselves and their team members. Graduate students and research staff may also submit requests, which must be approved by their supervising PI. Each user is allocated a home directory with 50 GB of storage, and project spaces are available for collaborative work.
Users can also report a problem with the Matilda HPC, including login problems, storage issues, job failures, or performance concerns. Users are encouraged to provide detailed information about the issue, including error messages and recent activities, to expedite troubleshooting.
Who is Eligible?
Active Faculty, Research Staff, or Graduate Students approved by the Principal Investigator (PI).
Prerequisites and Expectations
Each request is reviewed by the Academic & Administrative Computing Services team to ensure compliance with research and academic computing policies. Principal Investigators (PIs) must approve access requests for graduate students and research staff before accounts are created. Once approved, new users will receive account credentials and instructions for accessing the cluster. Requests for additional storage or project spaces are also reviewed to ensure proper resource allocation based on research needs.
Reported issues will be sent to the Academic & Administrative Computing Services team, who will perform an assessment and necessary troubleshooting steps.
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Cost
No charge.