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Update: Project SIR makes progress

March 26, 2015

The Sensitive Information Remediation Project, better known as Project SIR, is now more than 40 percent deployed, up from 20 percent three weeks ago. Since the project launched last year to scan, find, delete and/or secure sensitive information on University … Read more

Faces of ITS: Mark Reed of Research Computing

March 24, 2015

Mark Reed Title: Research Associate, ITS Research Computing Number of years with ITS: 11 Personal: Lives in Durham with his fiancé, Sandy. They have six grown children and three grandchildren. Education: Ph.D., masters and bachelor’s degrees in physics from UNC-Chapel … Read more

Microbiome Core Facility relies on Research Computing expertise

March 17, 2015

Customer Case Study As UNC-Chapel Hill’s Microbiome Core Facility increasingly collects more sequencing data information from microbiomes, it requires more support from ITS Research Computing for data analysis and processing. The Client The Microbiome Core Facility within the UNC-Chapel Hill … Read more

Research Computing processes Microbiome Core samples

March 10, 2015

When we think about the human body playing host to many non-human cells, particularly bacteria and yeast, perhaps some people’s “ick” response is understandable. And yet –as anyone who has sought out and consumed bacteria-added yogurt can attest, some of … Read more

March 8th email outage and important changes to Heelmail

March 5, 2015

​WHO All users with @live.unc.edu (Office 365) email account WHEN Sunday, March 8 from 8AM – 4PM WHAT Information Technology Services is making a change to how email logins are authenticated. There will be an email outage on Sunday, March … Read more

ITS scientist embraces role in solar fuels research

March 5, 2015

Shubin Liu, a Senior Computational Scientist with Information Technology Services’ Research Computing unit, has enthusiastically contributed for the past five years to the first phase of University-led research into advancing solar energy technologies for producing solar fuels. Research now in … Read more

ITS Research Computing gets the spotlight in March

March 3, 2015

For March, ITS News is highlighting the work of the Research Computing unit of Information Technology Services. During the month, you’ll learn about Senior Computational Scientist Shubin Liu and his contributions for the past five years to the first phase … Read more