Program Status: In Progress
Program/Project Manager: Randy Gadell, rgadell@wustl.edu
To build central IT infrastructure and services that allow the WashU Researcher to focus on their research instead of acquisition and support of their own IT infrastructure. This multi-year program will have a portfolio of advanced IT projects designed to support and attract researchers, and put Washington University in a more competitive position to qualify for research funding.
- Transition research IT personnel into a new research IT focused group (RIS) to develop, design, implement, and support the advanced IT infrastructure in a platform-as-a-service model.
- Develop High-performance data storage services
- Develop HPC High-performance computing services
- Integrate storage services and compute services with research web services
- Develop software support services for common research community applications
- Provide design services for systems and workflow
- Educate WashU staff on the availability and use of the RIS services.
- To identify and continually evolve IT services for WashU researchers
| Milestones | Completion Date |
| Establish the IRIS (IT Research Infrastructure Services) Program | March 2017 |
| Establish RIS (Research Infrastructure Services) Team | July 2017 |
| Research Data Storage Services Project 5TB, High-Performance | Available Now |
| Research IT Service Catalog | In Progress |
| Research Community Applications Support Services RedHat, MATLAB, etc. | Available Now |
| Research Storage Services Phase 2 Globus, Collaboration, etc. | In Progress |
| Research LabArchives Electronic Lab Notebook | Available Now |
| Research Compute Services Project Scientific Super Computing | Winter 2019 |
| Team Member | Title | Role |
| James Fitzpatrick, Ph.D. | Professor of Neuroscience | Chair of Infrastructure and Applications Subcommittee |
| Randy Gadell | Program Manager | Program / Project Manager |
| Craig Pohl | Senior Director, RIS | Technical Lead |