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News: September 2026

Award icon Becky Ortinez receives 2026/2027 Trusted CI (NSF Cybersecurity Center of Excellence) Fellowship

Becky Ortinez, Security and Compliance Lead at the Center for High Performance Computing, has been selected to receive the Trusted CI (NSF Cybersecurity Center of Excellence) Fellowship for 2026/2027. Congratulations, Becky!

Newspaper icon Highlight your research on the CHPC website and conference materials!

The CHPC features research projects from users on its homepage, on printed and digital materials at conferences, and in presentations. We would like to hear about—and share—how your research group is using CHPC systems and services.

Handshake icon Want to learn more about CHPC systems and services? We'd be happy to join you for department events or group meetings!

The team at the CHPC can present about research computing and data resources or answer your department or group's questions.

Server icon Kingspeak retirement schedule changes

We had planned to retire the rest of Kingspeak on September 1, 2026. Due to challenges for some of the remaining Kingspeak users and delays in new hardware deliveries, we will be phasing our planned retirement of the rest of the cluster over several additional months and will be working with the affected research groups during that time.

Data icon SCI part of a $24.5 million NSF award to expand AI-ready data infrastructure

The University of Utah Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute is part of a team of five universities awarded a five-year, $24.5 million agreement to build out the National Data Platform (NDP), a federated, AI-ready national data ecosystem that makes it easier to discover, access and analyze data—regardless of where it is stored.

Update icon Run Nextflow's nf-core Pipelines Through Open OnDemand

The CHPC's new Nextflow nf-core app for Open OnDemand makes it easier to run nf-core pipelines on CHPC resources.

Exclamation icon Reminder: Scratch storage is temporary storage

The team at the CHPC would like to remind researchers that scratch storage is temporary, and any files stored in scratch spaces are automaticallly removed after a period of inactivity.

Calendar icon Upcoming events

The One-U Responsibile AI Initiative Annual Symposium and DELPHI Data Science Symposium are both taking place in October. Register in advance to present or attend.

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Last Updated: 12/5/25