Meet the new WashU IT website. New Look. Same Trusted IT. Better Experience.

The redesigned WashU IT website is here! Explore a cleaner, easier-to-navigate experience with improved service pages, streamlined navigation, and quicker access to the technology resources you need. Visit it.washu.edu

WashU IT Research Infrastructure Services’ mission is to facilitate the discovery of knowledge and enhance educational opportunities by providing secure, sustainable, scalable, and integrated research technology services in a collaborative and diverse environment.

Why RIS? – Researchers at WashU are encouraged to use RIS to streamline their work, boost performance, ensure data security, and foster collaboration with ease, all while focusing on groundbreaking discoveries and quality research. Explore the full benefits of using RIS.


The Future of Scientific Computing at WashU is Here

The RIS team has completed each vendor’s delivery, installation, and configuration of hardware and are working on configuring the new SLURM job scheduler and supporting systems. We will select early adopters for usability and performance testing to ensure our cluster infrastructure meets Compute2’s highest performance, security, and reliability standards. We are targeting September 2025 for […]

Compute1 Decommission Timeline

The Compute1 system is scheduled for decommissioning, effective July 1, 2027. Compute1 will remain operational at no cost until that date, to give you time to transition your workloads. ✅ Our priority: 📢 Actions to take: Below are milestones that will take place throughout fiscal year 2026 and continue into fiscal year 2027, until the decommission […]

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Introduction to protocols.io

July 13, 2026
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm
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protocols.io: Tips and Tricks

September 14, 2026
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm