Research Infrastructure for Demographic and Behavioral Population Science Computing Core

计算核心的功能和操作随着时间的推移继续发展。十年前，核心 主要维护局域网，并帮助教师排除他们的电脑故障。五年前， HPC网络已被大学资源所取代，员工的计算机已迁移到一个更大的 HPC和公共卫生学院网络的灵活组合。在过去的几年里，计算机 核心已经适应了教师的需求，专门用于高度机密数据的安全分析的服务器， 以及两个专用办公室环境或“冷室”：一个房间包含独立的非联网 一个房间允许通过互联网有限地访问一台服务器。此外，我们的员工 越来越多地被要求作为联络员的教师助理谁希望连接到资源在其他 位置或云中，或者需要在高性能计算集群上租用时间的用户。

The functions and operations of the Computing Core continue to evolve over time. A decade ago, the core primarily maintained local area networks and helped faculty troubleshoot their PCs. As of 5 years ago, the HPC network had been superseded by university resources and associates' computers had migrated to a more flexible combination of HPC and School of Public Health networks. Over the past few years, the Computing Core has adapted to faculty needs with a server dedicated to secure analyses of highly-confidential data as well as two dedicated offices environments or "cold rooms": One room containing stand-alone non-networked computers; and one room allowing internet-based limited access to a server. Moreover, our staff is increasingly being called upon to act as liaisons for faculty associates who wish to connect to resources at other locations or in the cloud, or who need to rent time on high-powered computing clusters.