Private room available in a townhouse for a male at Westland Gardens for a 3-month move-in, available from May to August. 

Fully furnished 2BHK townhouse: 

• Spacious Living Room with a sofa + TV. 

• Oven, Microwave, Fridge, Dishwasher.
• In-house Laundry(Washer + Dryer).
• Centralised Heater and Cooler.
• 1 min walk to the UMBC Bus stop.
• 10-minute walk to UMBC campus.
• Rent is 600$ + utilities.

DM for more information: +12029375716 or email me at IO95979@umbc.edu

Hi everyone, my name is Ian, and I am an incoming Ph.D. student in neuroscience.  I'm looking for a nearby apartment and a roommate (for a 2 bedroom, 1-2 bathroom apartment). 

I'm looking to move in mid-late July.  

If anyone has an open bedroom and is looking for a roommate, or is also looking for an apartment and is open to a roommate, please let me know if you are interested.  My email is ibiluck1@umbc.edu and my phone number is 856-419-3373.  

I am (fairly) flexible on price.  Graduate housing at UMBC ranges from $1,050-$1,300/month depending on number of roommates, so I'd be happy to find a place for that amount or less if possible.  

Thanks everyone!

Roy Prouty is currently holding tutorials on UMBC's High Performance Computing Facility, both in person and online. In-person attendees in ENGR 102 with laptops can interact with the HPCF and get help from Roy. Upcoming sessions 4 and 5 will focus on running AI applications on HPCF’s new server with GPUs and local AI tools:

• 4: The Shift to AI (GPUs) 1-2 pm, April 27: How to move from CPU-based workflows to GPU-accelerated computing for AI and deep learning. (RSVP by this Monday, 4/13)

• 5: Scalable AI 1-2 pm, May 5: Managing massive datasets, monitoring hardware limits, and tracking experiment versions. (RSVP by 4/27)

The sessions use a flipped-classroom style. Before the session, participants complete a self‑paced Blackboard module that includes short hands‑on activities. During the session, Roy will focus on questions, troubleshooting, and practice with examples to further your understanding and strengthen your workflow.

The sessions are jointly organized by DoIT and the UMBC Center for Scalable Data and Computational Science (ScaleS). 

HERE YE HERE YE!

In a fortnight, we’ll be having our usual meeting… but with a little twist!

We’re hosting a picnic on April 23rd from 4-6 PM at the Harbor Hall courtyard so we can enjoy some nice sunshine, some nice weather, and some nice food!

Please participate in the poll on our discord by Sunday to see how many are interested.

We hope to see you all there!!

Perfect housing opportunity for an incoming professor, post-doc or doctoral student. The house is in Catonsville on a quiet street, ~5 minutes from campus, in a family oriented neighborhood (ie. lots of kids.) 

Available starting August 1 for a 1-year lease.

Rent Includes:

• 2 bedrooms
• 1 + 1/2 bath
• Fully Furnished
• Utilities are included
• High Speed Internet Inlcuded
• Central Heat and A/C
• Washing Machine
• Dish Washer
• Electric Car Plugin

Contact me at bisbell1@umbc.edu for more detail or to schedule a viewing.

Apartment for Rent – Available Now | Catonsville, MD
Clean, well-maintained 1BR/1BA apartment with an office/den (which can be used as a living room or second bedroom) on the first floor of a townhouse in a quiet, safe neighborhood.
☀️ Bright above-ground unit with natural light
🚪 Walk-out access to the backyard
🍽 Full kitchen | Spacious rooms
🚍 Next to MTA bus line & UMBC shuttle
🅿️ Plenty of parking
🛒 Close to Lotte Plaza, H-Mart, Walmart, Planet Fitness & more
📅 Available now (long-term tenant relocating)
📞 Call/Text: 443-968-0470
📩 Message to schedule a showing

Hi Retrievers!

If you nominated your org between 8:30 pm and 8:55 pm on 4/10, your repsonse may have not been collected! Please resubmit your nomination using this form*, which closes on April 10th (Today). Here's the Awards Description. 

Please reach out to Nico Bartolomeo (nicolab2@umbc.edu) if you see this too late!

To all chip users,

The DoIT Research Computing & Data (RCD) Team is continuing to work on the storage system performance issues that have been impacting the chip cluster since early February. For some users this is intermittent or not noticeable, for others the issue is persistent. When present, these issues are manifesting as unusually long file read/write/load times for operations as simple as "ls" or "cd" when navigating the filesystem or as complicated as long slurm job runtimes.

While the RCD Team continues to optimize the RRStor Ceph File Storage System to meet the needs of the diverse user base, certain research workflows have been identified as specifically vulnerable to low performance. These workflows are those which feature the reading and/or writing of many (more than one hundred thousand) small (10s of KB or less) files or their enclosing directory from the storage system. The RCD Team has begun working with a number of researchers whose slurm job runtimes have been adversely affected due to these workflow features.  

The RCD Team is continuing to work with our support vendor with multiple touch-points a week to test new ideas and potential solutions while minimizing the impact to users. In the past week, the team has worked to upgrade our storage cluster manager to enable faster communication between distinct storage cluster nodes. Further, the team is beginning to explore the effect that "pinning" research group storage cluster connections to distinct cluster nodes might have on the balanced communication between the compute cluster (chip) and the storage cluster.

We will continue to give weekly updates and give substantive updates as they develop.

Roy Prouty
Assistant Director for Research Computing
UMBC DoIT

Intern applications are now officially open!! 
Whether you're looking to build skills, meet new people, or get more involved, we’d love to have you on board! ❤️

Apply using the google form in our linktree, and feel free to reach out if you have any questions!

GridHack 2026 is an exciting, hands-on competition in which student teams compete to deliver the most accurate AI-augmented building energy audit. During this 3-hour live competition, teams will work with real-world building energy data and leverage cutting-edge AI tools to develop a BEPS compliance analysis, a retrofit roadmap, and a compelling grant narrative. The challenge culminates in a thrilling finale, where a DHCD-qualified auditor’s sealed findings are revealed live—allowing teams to compare their results against professional insights.

The winning team can earn up to $40,000 in fellowship funding, with paid fellowship positions worth up to $10,000 per person through the Responsible AI Lighthouse Fellowship. Every discipline is welcome - CS, environmental science, policy, design, engineering. No energy experience needed. Bring your laptop. Whether you're passionate about AI, sustainability, or engineering, GridHack provides a unique platform to gain real-world experience, collaborate with peers, and showcase your skills in a high-impact environment.

Get more information and register here