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What We Do Using Instructional Technology Film, Video and Digital Media • Audio / Video Recording of Classroom Sessions • CD and DVD Duplication, Printing, Production, Editing and Authoring • Color Printing • Creation of 35mm Slides from Digital Images • Digital Camera Loaner Program • Digital Media Storage, Digitizing, Cataloguing and Online Display • Digital Video Production, Editing and Authoring • Film and Video Projection Services • High Quality Scanning and Printing - Letter to Tabloid Size • Video Course Introductions • Video on Demand for Courses • Videotaping for Academic Events • Videotaping Select Courses Language Learning • Foreign Language Audio, Video and Cable TV • Language Learning Software • Language Learning Materials Demonstration • Language Resource Center Video Collection and Reserves • Video Viewing Facilities Teaching and Classroom Support • Almagest Multimedia Lecture Building Software • Blackboard Course Management System Video on Demand for Courses 22 Educational Technologies and Research Computing Electronic Text Creation, Encoding and Collection Geographic Information Systems Support and Development Grant Writing Assistance for IT Projects High Performance Computing High Speed Networking - Internet2 Humanities Computing Project Support Humanities Custom Application Development Princeton Software Repository Research and Quantitative Project Support Scientific and Engineering Programming Support Visualization Lab
What We Accomplished - FY11 Goals Met What We Accomplished - FY11 Goals Met FY11 goal: Continue the expansion of Princeton’s high-performance computing infrastructure to meet the needs of the research community OIT continued to collaborate with research computing groups and research faculty on improvements to research computing facilities, plans for the new facility, and outreach. Specific accomplishments include: • OIT and the Princeton Institute for Computational Science and Engineering (PICSciE) worked together to gather the funds needed to purchase a replacement for the older half of the Della Beowulf cluster. The new cluster provides 768 cores and 3 TB of RAM and increases the peak computational performance from 1.9 teraflops to 8 teraflops. The new cluster also conserves energy with a decrease in power utilization by a factor of five. • OIT launched the new Research Computing website in April 2011. The site presents information to the University community about all research computing results, activities, resources, and services on campus in a single, coordinated website. • OIT purchased the Moab Cluster and Grid Software and Services Suites from Adaptive Computing to enhance the scheduling capabilities of the TIGRESS High Performance Computing systems. Systems are in the process of being migrated to the new software. The migration is scheduled to finish in the fall of 2011. • The faculty received preliminary approval for the National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation (NSF- MRI) grant that will be used to replace the aging symmetric multi-processing system, Hecate. While awaiting official notification of the grant from the NSF, OIT is working with vendors to determine the best configuration and pricing with current technology. Plans are to purchase and install the system at the High Performance Computing Research Center (HPCRC) in the fall of 2011. • The research computing community on campus, through PICSciE and RCAG, continued to provide input into the design and build process for the HPCRC. Construction of the facility is proceeding on schedule, with an expected opening in the fall of 2011. This new data center will greatly enhance Princeton’s ability to maintain and grow our research computing infrastructure. FY11 goal: Complete major networking and telecommunications infrastructure upgrades and develop a roadmap for future growth and enhancements OIT continued to perform major enhancements and upgrades to the campus network. Specific accomplishments include: • Worked on the detailed network design and implementation for the new High Performance Computing Research Center (HPCRC) data center. • Began the multi-year project to upgrade the University’s wireless network from Cisco to Aruba, and completed the installation of Aruba in several campus buildings. OIT developed financial plans to budget these migrations over the next several years. • Developed the architecture to upgrade the student wired network service, Dormnet (in undergraduate dorms, graduate dorms, and graduate annexes), from 10 Mbps service to 100 Mbps in support of higher bandwidth needs by students. • Converted several buildings, including administrative offices at 693 and 755 Alexander, to VoIP service. • Resolved issues with Android and Apple iOS devices connecting to the campus network. • Worked with Facilities to architect and implement improved network connectivity for several “Building Automation Systems” managed by Facilities. • Worked with Facilities to architect and implement a new network for electrical power meter reading devices. • Worked with Computer Science to architect and implement network service for Computer Science servers installed in the 87 Prospect Data Center, as well as for the Computer Science servers when they are installed in the HPCRC. This project will continue into FY12. • Developed a network architecture that supports the relocation of Physics department servers from Jadwin Hall to the new HPCRC. • Re-implemented the network path to Comcast to provide additional monitoring points, which will help address issues with Princeton’s Comcast ISP connection. 23
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November 23, 2010, The Daily Prince
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December 13, 2010, It’s Academic
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February 03, 2011, The Daily Prince
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February 17, 2011, IT’s Academic
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