Research Computing and Data Support for the University Community

Welcome to the Center for High Performance Computing (CHPC) at the University of Utah. The CHPC is the university community’s home for research computing and data. Our vision is to support the ever-increasing—and increasingly diverse—computing needs of researchers. Whether you’re studying the structure and function of proteins, analyzing patterns in the formation of sea ice, or examining speech in audio recordings, the CHPC is here to help.

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Hosting

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Secure computing

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Forecasting regional-scale smoke

Research by Derek Mallia and Kai Wilmot

University of Utah Department of Atmospheric Sciences

Derek Mallia and Kai Wilmot at the University of Utah’s Department of Atmospheric Sciences are improving the next generation of wildfire smoke forecasts. This work builds upon existing forecast models by adding a wildfire activity parameterization that can forecast future smoke emissions based on changes in local meteorology.
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	Retirement of Brett Milash Brett Milash retired from a career in bioinformatics and scientific computing at the end of June 2025. Brett had been a member of the CHPC staff since 2017, most recently leading the User Services team.
	CHPC's Kai Ebira, Martin Cuma awarded Best Poster distinction at RMACC HPC Symposium 2025 Kai Ebira, a student employee of the Center for High Performance Computing working with Martin Cuma, received the distinction of Best Poster at the Rocky Mountain Advanced Computing Consortium (RMACC) HPC Symposium (Boulder, CO; May 20–22, 2025).
	Complete: Slurm upgrade scheduled for Tuesday, May 13 A Slurm upgrade scheduled for May 13 will briefly affect job submission on all clusters. This maintenance was previously scheduled for May 1.
	Complete: Open OnDemand upgrade with service disruption on Saturday, April 19, at 9:00 p.m. There will be a brief ondemand.chpc.utah.edu service disruption, which we expect to last about 10 minutes, at 9:00 p.m. MDT on Saturday, April 19.
	Complete: Downtimes on March 16 and March 25–26 Downtimes on March 16 (Sunday) and March 25–26 (Tuesday–Wednesday), 2025 are related to infrastructure upgrades and maintenance.
	Upcoming Retirement of Julia Harrison After nearly four decades of dedicated service at the University of Utah, Julia Harrison is retiring as the Operations Director of the Center for High Performance Computing.
	Retirement of Anita M. Orendt Anita M. Orendt is a dedicated educator and researcher with a rich background in physical chemistry. Anita has made significant contributions to the academic community at the University of Utah.

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