ARCC Teams

Although ARCC is a multi-disciplinary collaborative department within the Office of Research and Economic Development it is currently structured into two teams which provide specific services with clear, defined roles and responsibilities. These teams are the HPC & Systems Team and the User Services Team, with both teams reporting to the ARCC director.

ARCC Director

The ARCC director position is currently being performed by Interim Director Mike Killean, typically the Director provides vision and leadership to the ARCC teams.

Leadership Team

Current Members of the leadership team are:

Director - Vacant
Deputy Director - Mike Killean
HPC & Systems - Jeff R. Lang
User Services - Dylan Perkins

HPC & Systems Team

The HPC & Systems Team is responsible for all HPC Infrastructure (Cluster, storage, and extraneous systems) services that include:
- Design and deploy new systems & services
- Systems administration
- Systems performance evaluation
- Research/evaluate new technologies
- Ongoing system maintenance.
They are also responsible for software management, development and installation across the ARCC systems including parallel programming best practices, and all research software in use by the research community.

Current members of the HPC & Systems Team are:

Team Lead - Jeff R. Lang
HPC Software Manager - Simon Alexander
Deputy Director - Mike Killean

User Services Team

The User Services Team's primary role and responsibilities are aimed at leading support efforts to ensure a better experience for ARCC users and research groups. This includes:
- Training and Consultation
- Documentation
- Website & Wiki administration
- Community outreach
- Data management.
They are also responsible for providing assistance with research project management and workflow design.

Current members of the User Services Team are: