Basic Sciences Research Enablement 050919 Sherly Mosessian Ph

Basic Sciences Research Enablement 05/09/19 Sherly Mosessian Ph. D DGIT- Acting CIO, CAO, Director of Research Enablement

DGIT’s journey Launch of DGIT UCLA Health Cybersecurity Breach 2015 2016 Enhanced security through integration of IT across DGSOM 2017 Initiate IT merger across Health Sciences Schools (Nursing, Dentistry and Public Health) 2018 Launch of Research Enablement Initiative 2019

Discovery + Enablement • Completed inventory of lab devices • Establish a balanced security and support model • Expand storage and compute solutions Research Enablement Program Researcher Engagement • Faculty onboarding program launched • Advisory Group stablished- Chaired by Dr. Smale • Faculty engagements Communication + Tech Events • Highlight successful collaborations with researchers • Technology event launches and training efforts Photo credit | Khris Griffis

Research Enablement Metrics since August 2018 876 (68%) Laboratory devices with no network connection 377 Research laboratories visited Engagement Efforts Discovery Devices updated or Created new 70 *Faculty engaged 3 # of events held 46 204 Requests for storage and compute 7 Theme area faculty supported 27 9 Departments visited Faculty onboarded Events 1260 # of attendees 32 # of faculty participants 6 # of topics *Unique faculty engaged quarterly since August 2018 4

DGIT Data Center Services Compute & Hosting • Scalable, resilient, monitored, server environment • Database/Application hosting Enterprise Storage • Fast, secure file sharing • Tiered data and archive options • Collaboration platform available Backup & Replication • Daily snapshots • Flexible data retention • Disaster recovery platform

DGIT Data Center Topology- San Diego Super Compute DGIT Datacenter at SDSC Storage: 1. 3 PB Net. App, 65 TB Pure Compute for Hosting: 36 Hosts, 1008 Cores, 18, 432 GB RAM Compute for High Throughput Workloads: 4 Hosts, 512 Cores, 4096 GB RAM, Tesla GPU options

Cloud Services DGIT AWS DGIT administers a HIPAA-compliant AWS instance enabling clients to consume cloud resources in a safe, secure environment Capabilities • Compute: Virtual machines ranging from small to extremely powerful • Storage: Effectively infinite tiered options • Data Management: Databases and related structure • Services: Special features such as streaming data analytics Benefits/Value • Platform can scale up or down to meet current demand • Ability to implement processing pipelines, build and test modifications, create websites and web applications • Securely manage your research computing environment • Archive data cheaply with extremely high reliability • Build out familiar data systems (Postgres, My. SQL, Spark)

Storage Options • HDD – Standard hard drives for general data and backup systems • SSD – Flash storage for virtual machines and database workloads • AWS – Scalable platform for any data type, including archive DGIT Storage Current DGIT Storage (TB) 340 555 2500 HDD (Net. App) SSD (Pure) AWS

HTC & GPU Compute Services (Coming Soon) Research Computing Design • Cisco hardware featuring high core, high memory blades • Dedicated physical systems to accommodate GPU • DGIT managed/hosted service • New less-restrictive Research security zone in the DGIT datacenter Benefits • Leverage existing compute, storage and network infrastructure • Eliminate “Under desk” GPU desktops in labs • Fast, easy GPU provisioning and potential for v. GPU sharing Status • Working with Cisco, NVidia and VMware on architecture

Research Enablement Website- coming soon

For consulting regarding your storage and compute needs please contact: Business Relationship Managers (BRMS) BRM: William Kugler BRM: Jose Alvarez BRM: Jose Gil BRM: Otto Liu BRM: Dan Kasprowicz • • • • • Head and Neck Surgery • Neurosurgery • Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN) • Orthopaedic Surgery • Urology • Dept. of Medicine • MIMG • Pathology Biological Chemistry CTSI Human Genetics Neurology Physiology Radiology Biomathematics Biostatistics Neurobiology Pediatrics Pharmacology Radiation Oncology Anesthesiology Emergency Medicine Family Medicine Ophthalmology (JSEI)