Compute2 Cluster Maintenance & Major Upgrade Release

We are excited to announce a major upgrade of the Compute2 Slurm Cluster, bringing significant improvements in security, performance, reliability, and platform capabilities. 💡 What’s new: ❗️Impact: Maintenance window: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CDT Please save your work and plan job submissions accordingly. All other services will be unimpacted. 📢 Actions required: After the upgrade, users […]

GitHub Cost Model Update

The cost model for GitHub Copilot is changing effective July 1, 2026. This change is in response to Copilot’s recent transition to a metered use model and enables better resource management through usage and budgetary controls. What’s changing: Moving forward, access to Copilot will no longer be provisioned under the Washington University in St Louis enterprise configuration. Action required Submit […]

User Attestation & Training Requirement

To align with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) data security requirements for controlled-access data, Research Infrastructure Services (RIS) has implemented a formal annual security attestation and training in Workday for all users and has now assigned it to all users as of  June 30, 2026.  This approach has been approved by the Regulated Research Subcommittee and […]

Introduction to HPC Training Series

RIS is excited to announce our upcoming Introduction to HPC Training Series. These workshops are designed for those with little to no HPC knowledge, as well as beginners looking to improve their HPC skills. Available Trainings Best For What you’ll learn When Introduction to Open OnDemand (OOD) Researchers who are just starting out with HPC […]