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而不断发展。十年前，核心 主要维护局域网，并帮助教职员工排除PC故障。截至5年前， HPC网络已经被大学资源取代，同事的计算机已经迁移到更多 HPC和公共卫生学院网络的灵活组合。在过去的几年里，计算 CORE已经适应了教职员工的需求，配备了一台专门用于保护高度机密数据分析的服务器 以及两个专用的办公环境或“冷室”：一个房间包含独立的、非联网的 计算机；以及一个房间，允许基于互联网的有限访问服务器。此外，我们的工作人员 越来越多的人被要求充当希望连接到其他资源的教职员工的联络人 或者在云中，或者需要在高性能计算集群上租用时间。

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 As of 5 years ago, the HPC network had been superseded by university resources and associates' computers had migrated to a more flexible combination of HPC and School of Public Health networks.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.