{ "title": "Computing Resources Working Group", "updated": "2026-10-19", "scope": "College of Information Science: computing for research and instruction, including AI, data science, digital scholarship, games and extended reality, software, data and the people who support them.", "charter_status": "Working resource and draft deliverables; not endorsed recommendations or a completed college assessment.", "objectives": [ "Understand the current landscape", "Identify needs and opportunities", "Explore alternative approaches" ], "inventory": [ { "id": "college-it", "name": "UITS Support", "level": "University", "category": "Support & training", "status": "Available", "access": "University faculty, staff and students can contact the UITS 24/7 Support Center by phone, chat or online ticket.", "cost": "Basic diagnostics and fixes are available at no cost to campus community members. Repair services and specialist resources may have separate terms; confirm before use.", "support": "Campus applications, accounts, connectivity, software installation and basic device troubleshooting; specialist needs are routed for confirmation.", "limits": "General support does not guarantee RSE time, research workflow development, hardware capacity or an allocation. Repair and specialist service terms need confirmation.", "funding": "University support service; specialist capacity and separate charges require confirmation.", "source": "https://it.arizona.edu/support/247-support-center", "checked": "2026-10-20", "next_action": "Confirm eligibility, current availability, permitted use and support scope with this contact before relying on the resource.", "contact": "UITS 24/7 Support Center \u00b7 520-626-8324 \u00b7 service.arizona.edu", "contact_url": "https://it.arizona.edu/support/247-support-center", "sources": [ "https://it.arizona.edu/support/247-support-center" ], "verification": "Support channels and no-cost basic diagnostics verified on the UITS support page October 20, 2026. College-specific service ownership corrected at Greg Chism\u2019s request.", "summary": "Campus technology help: NetID, software and service troubleshooting, with routing to specialist teams." }, { "id": "college-hardware", "name": "College hardware, labs and loan equipment", "level": "College", "category": "Hardware & compute", "status": "Inventory pending", "access": "Ask Barney Maccabe or Greg Chism to coordinate a roster of machines, locations, owners, access rules and any loan pool.", "cost": "Unknown; inventory existing commitments and hours before proposing funding.", "support": "Barney Maccabe or Greg Chism \u2014 working-group point people", "limits": "No shared college CPU/GPU pool, equipment checkout entitlement or spare capacity is verified.", "funding": "To document; no new funding, staff time or loan inventory assumed.", "source": "https://infosci.arizona.edu/people/barney-maccabe", "checked": "2026-10-19 \u2014 public documentation; no signed-in entitlement or owner confirmation", "next_action": "Confirm eligibility, current availability, permitted use and support scope with this contact before relying on the resource.", "contact": "Barney Maccabe or Greg Chism \u2014 working-group point people", "contact_url": "program.html", "sources": [ "https://infosci.arizona.edu/people/barney-maccabe" ], "verification": "Inventory question, not a verified service entitlement. Routing contact designated by the user; profile confirms role/email.", "summary": "Identify local equipment, lab access and any loan pool; capacity is not yet inventoried." }, { "id": "college-data", "name": "College software, datasets and agreements", "level": "College", "category": "Data & stewardship", "status": "Inventory pending", "access": "Ask the working group to identify license/data owners, storage, renewals and permitted research/classroom use.", "cost": "Unknown; inventory existing commitments and hours before proposing funding.", "support": "Barney Maccabe or Greg Chism \u2014 working-group point people", "limits": "No college license roster, API allowance or training/distribution rights verified.", "funding": "To document; no new funding, staff time or loan inventory assumed.", "source": "https://infosci.arizona.edu/people/barney-maccabe", "checked": "2026-10-19 \u2014 public documentation; no signed-in entitlement or owner confirmation", "next_action": "Confirm eligibility, current availability, permitted use and support scope with this contact before relying on the resource.", "contact": "Barney Maccabe or Greg Chism \u2014 working-group point people", "contact_url": "program.html", "sources": [ "https://infosci.arizona.edu/people/barney-maccabe" ], "verification": "Inventory question, not a verified service entitlement. Routing contact designated by the user; profile confirms role/email.", "summary": "Clarify local software, datasets, agreements and renewal ownership." }, { "id": "college-research-labs", "name": "College research labs and collaborators", "level": "College", "category": "Collaboration & shared services", "status": "Documented route", "access": "Explore the college research-labs directory; approach the relevant lab lead for a research collaboration.", "cost": "No general-use fee schedule or guaranteed shared access published.", "support": "College research-labs directory; Barney Maccabe or Greg Chism for working-group coordination", "limits": "A lab listing establishes research capability, not open compute, staff availability or a classroom reservation.", "funding": "Institutional or project service; dedicated college capacity/funding not established.", "source": "https://infosci.arizona.edu/research-faculty/research-labs", "checked": "2026-10-19 \u2014 public documentation; no signed-in entitlement or owner confirmation", "next_action": "Confirm eligibility, current availability, permitted use and support scope with this contact before relying on the resource.", "contact": "College research-labs directory; Barney Maccabe or Greg Chism for working-group coordination", "contact_url": "https://infosci.arizona.edu/research-faculty/research-labs", "sources": [ "https://infosci.arizona.edu/research-faculty/research-labs" ], "verification": "Access route, published cost basis and contact checked in public sources. Unpublished quotas, staffing and college capacity remain unknown.", "summary": "Find research capabilities and possible collaborators; shared access requires agreement." }, { "id": "college-colab", "name": "co/lab: Critical Archives & Curation Collaborative", "level": "College", "category": "Data & stewardship", "status": "Documented route", "access": "Discuss digital curation, obsolete media/computers and digital-forensics collaborations with the co-directors.", "cost": "Shared equipment access, project charges and supervision not published.", "support": "Co-directors Jamie A. Lee and Zack Lischer-Katz \u2014 lab page", "limits": "Research collaboration and preservation capability; no public equipment checkout policy, GPU entitlement or staffed digitization service.", "funding": "Institutional or project service; dedicated college capacity/funding not established.", "source": "https://infosci.arizona.edu/colab-critical-archives-curation-collaborative", "checked": "2026-10-19 \u2014 public documentation; no signed-in entitlement or owner confirmation", "next_action": "Confirm eligibility, current availability, permitted use and support scope with this contact before relying on the resource.", "contact": "Co-directors Jamie A. Lee and Zack Lischer-Katz \u2014 lab page", "contact_url": "https://infosci.arizona.edu/colab-critical-archives-curation-collaborative", "sources": [ "https://infosci.arizona.edu/colab-critical-archives-curation-collaborative" ], "verification": "Access route, published cost basis and contact checked in public sources. Unpublished quotas, staffing and college capacity remain unknown.", "summary": "Explore critical archives, curation and community-centered data work." }, { "id": "college-xrg", "name": "XRG: Extended Reality & Games Lab", "level": "College", "category": "Hardware & compute", "status": "Documented route", "access": "Discuss XR, virtual/augmented reality and interaction research with the lab leads.", "cost": "No general-use equipment rate or access entitlement published.", "support": "Lila Boz and Ren Boz \u2014 lab leads listed on XRG page", "limits": "Research lab, not a documented open GPU lab or college equipment-loan service; confirm scheduling and participation.", "funding": "Institutional or project service; dedicated college capacity/funding not established.", "source": "https://infosci.arizona.edu/xrg-lab", "checked": "2026-10-19 \u2014 public documentation; no signed-in entitlement or owner confirmation", "next_action": "Confirm eligibility, current availability, permitted use and support scope with this contact before relying on the resource.", "contact": "Lila Boz and Ren Boz \u2014 lab leads listed on XRG page", "contact_url": "https://infosci.arizona.edu/xrg-lab", "sources": [ "https://infosci.arizona.edu/xrg-lab" ], "verification": "Access route, published cost basis and contact checked in public sources. Unpublished quotas, staffing and college capacity remain unknown.", "summary": "Explore extended reality and games capabilities; access and equipment availability need confirmation." }, { "id": "college-device-requirements", "name": "College course technology requirements", "level": "College", "category": "Software & models", "status": "Documented route", "access": "Check the program-specific minimum hardware and operating-system requirements before designing an activity.", "cost": "Student-owned device requirements; no provided machine or subsidy established.", "support": "Course lead or faculty adviser; college office for routing", "limits": "Requirements vary by degree. Device specifications do not establish college-owned inventory or access to loan equipment.", "funding": "Institutional or project service; dedicated college capacity/funding not established.", "source": "https://infosci.arizona.edu/technology-requirements", "checked": "2026-10-19 \u2014 public documentation; no signed-in entitlement or owner confirmation", "next_action": "Confirm eligibility, current availability, permitted use and support scope with this contact before relying on the resource.", "contact": "Course lead or faculty adviser; college office for routing", "contact_url": "mailto:infosci@arizona.edu", "sources": [ "https://infosci.arizona.edu/technology-requirements" ], "verification": "Access route, published cost basis and contact checked in public sources. Unpublished quotas, staffing and college capacity remain unknown.", "summary": "Check course software and device requirements before selecting a platform." }, { "id": "campus-hpc", "name": "Campus HPC: Puma CPU and GPU", "level": "University", "category": "Hardware & compute", "status": "Documented shared allocation", "access": "Registered faculty PI groups receive 150,000 CPU core-hours per PI group each month, shared by research and class groups. CPU, GPU and high-memory jobs debit the same CPU-based pool; this is not 150,000 GPU-hours. Unused hours expire at month end.", "cost": "Standard allocation and HPC consulting have no charge. High-priority access requires a separate buy-in; windfall jobs are lower-priority and preemptible.", "support": "HPC Consult via ServiceNow; published hours 8 am-5 pm Monday-Friday, excluding university holidays.", "limits": "Published standard concurrency ceiling: four GPUs and 3,290 CPUs per group, shared across users; this is a limit, not a reservation. Shared queues give no guaranteed start time or priority for assignment deadlines. Instructors provide student support; HPC Consult helps instructors on weekdays, not weekends or university holidays. Confirm remaining PI balance, resource limits and course fit; no class reservation is established. Lynx/H200 is explicitly not available yet. Published Puma MIG memory figures differ between the table and narrative; confirm the requested device.", "funding": "University standard allocation; buy-in and special-project awards have separate conditions. Local support capacity is not implied.", "source": "https://hpcdocs.hpc.arizona.edu/resources/allocations/", "checked": "2026-10-20 \u2014 current public allocation, teaching, hardware and support documentation; no signed-in balance or workload test", "next_action": "Check the actual remaining PI balance with va; identify CPU/GPU shape and concurrency limits, then test the workflow and arrange instructor-led support. Check job-limits for live group usage/limits; Open OnDemand has additional per-job limits.", "contact": "HPC Consult \u2014 ServiceNow ticket", "contact_url": "https://uarizona.service-now.com/sp?id=sc_cat_item&sys_id=12eaba153bf9ba5017be8a8a25e45a7d", "sources": [ "https://hpcdocs.hpc.arizona.edu/resources/allocations/", "https://hpcdocs.hpc.arizona.edu/resources/compute_resources/", "https://hpcdocs.hpc.arizona.edu/policies/hpc_for_instruction/", "https://hpcdocs.hpc.arizona.edu/support_and_training/consulting_services/", "https://hpcdocs.hpc.arizona.edu/running_jobs/job_limits/" ], "verification": "Current published Puma allocation and classroom permission verified directly. This does not verify Greg\u2019s remaining balance, a course reservation, allocation renewal or staffing. A Jeremy Frumkin (UITS) slide in supplied October 14\u201315 briefing notes adds hardware context, not a classroom allocation or reservation; the slide lists 40 GB A100 MIG slices on Puma.", "summary": "Shared Puma CPU/GPU allocation for PI groups; class groups are permitted, with queue and support limits." }, { "id": "campus-hpc-teaching", "name": "Campus HPC: Puma classroom computing", "level": "University", "category": "Hardware & compute", "status": "Class groups permitted", "access": "Faculty PIs may create class groups for instruction on Puma. 150,000 CPU core-hours per PI group each month, shared by research and class groups. CPU, GPU and high-memory jobs debit the same CPU-based pool; this is not 150,000 GPU-hours. Unused hours expire at month end.", "cost": "No added class allocation or dedicated class storage. Standard allocation and consulting have no charge; research and teaching share the PI pool.", "support": "HPC Consult helps instructors set up class groups and troubleshoot infrastructure. Students get course support from their instructor/team; no individual student consulting is promised.", "limits": "Published standard concurrency ceiling: four GPUs and 3,290 CPUs per group, shared across users; this is a limit, not a reservation. Shared queues give no guaranteed start time or priority for assignment deadlines. Instructors provide student support; HPC Consult helps instructors on weekdays, not weekends or university holidays. Confirm remaining PI balance, resource limits and course fit; no class reservation is established.", "funding": "Institutional or project service; dedicated college capacity/funding not established.", "source": "https://hpcdocs.hpc.arizona.edu/policies/hpc_for_instruction/", "checked": "2026-10-20 \u2014 current public teaching and allocation policies; no signed-in balance, reservation or class-load test", "next_action": "Create the course class group, check remaining PI hours, test representative assignments and peak load, and agree student support, queue-tolerant deadlines and fallback. Check job-limits for live group usage/limits; Open OnDemand has additional per-job limits.", "contact": "HPC Consult \u2014 instructor should open a ticket", "contact_url": "https://uarizona.service-now.com/sp?id=sc_cat_item&sys_id=12eaba153bf9ba5017be8a8a25e45a7d", "sources": [ "https://hpcdocs.hpc.arizona.edu/policies/hpc_for_instruction/", "https://hpcdocs.hpc.arizona.edu/resources/allocations/", "https://hpcdocs.hpc.arizona.edu/registration_and_access/group_management/", "https://hpcdocs.hpc.arizona.edu/support_and_training/consulting_services/", "https://hpcdocs.hpc.arizona.edu/resources/compute_resources/", "https://hpcdocs.hpc.arizona.edu/running_jobs/job_limits/" ], "verification": "The current teaching policy explicitly permits Puma class groups, superseding the earlier Ocelote-only uncertainty. Specific course capacity, remaining balance, supported data and readiness still need validation. A Jeremy Frumkin (UITS) slide in supplied October 14\u201315 briefing notes adds hardware context, not a classroom allocation or reservation; the slide lists 40 GB A100 MIG slices on Puma.", "summary": "Puma is available for classes; the PI allocation is shared and immediate CPU/GPU access is not guaranteed." }, { "id": "campus-hpc-storage", "name": "HPC active storage and transfers", "level": "University", "category": "Data & stewardship", "status": "Documented route", "access": "HPC account: 50 GB home; PI group: 500 GB communal space. Temporary xdisk on request: 200 GB\u201320 TB, up to 300 days.", "cost": "Standard spaces supplied with account/group; rental is a separate priced service.", "support": "HPC Consult \u2014 ServiceNow ticket", "limits": "HPC data are not backed up; xdisk is temporary and node /tmp is cleared after a job. Storage quotas do not provide preservation or regulated-data approval.", "funding": "Institutional or project service; dedicated college capacity/funding not established.", "source": "https://hpcdocs.hpc.arizona.edu/storage_and_transfers/storage/hpc_storage/", "checked": "2026-10-19 \u2014 public documentation; no signed-in entitlement or owner confirmation", "next_action": "Confirm eligibility, current availability, permitted use and support scope with this contact before relying on the resource.", "contact": "HPC Consult \u2014 ServiceNow ticket", "contact_url": "https://uarizona.service-now.com/sp?id=sc_cat_item&sys_id=12eaba153bf9ba5017be8a8a25e45a7d", "sources": [ "https://hpcdocs.hpc.arizona.edu/storage_and_transfers/storage/hpc_storage/", "https://hpcdocs.hpc.arizona.edu/support_and_training/consulting_services/" ], "verification": "Access route, published cost basis and contact checked in public sources. Unpublished quotas, staffing and college capacity remain unknown.", "summary": "Active research storage and data transfers; not an independent backup." }, { "id": "campus-hpc-software", "name": "HPC software, containers and shared model data", "level": "University", "category": "Software & models", "status": "Documented route", "access": "Use HPC modules, user environments and containers; shared datasets include Llama 2 and AlphaFold inputs.", "cost": "Open-source tools may have no license charge; licensed products and model terms still apply. Compute uses the allocation.", "support": "HPC Consult \u2014 software/setup questions", "limits": "Availability varies by module/version. Llama 2 has its own community license; model memory/storage requirements can be substantial. A software listing is not permission for every use.", "funding": "Institutional or project service; dedicated college capacity/funding not established.", "source": "https://hpcdocs.hpc.arizona.edu/software/common_datasets/", "checked": "2026-10-19 \u2014 public documentation; no signed-in entitlement or owner confirmation", "next_action": "Confirm eligibility, current availability, permitted use and support scope with this contact before relying on the resource.", "contact": "HPC Consult \u2014 software/setup questions", "contact_url": "https://uarizona.service-now.com/sp?id=sc_cat_item&sys_id=12eaba153bf9ba5017be8a8a25e45a7d", "sources": [ "https://hpcdocs.hpc.arizona.edu/software/common_datasets/", "https://hpcdocs.hpc.arizona.edu/software/overview/", "https://hpcdocs.hpc.arizona.edu/software/popular_software/ollama/", "https://hpcdocs.hpc.arizona.edu/support_and_training/consulting_services/" ], "verification": "Access route, published cost basis and contact checked in public sources. Unpublished quotas, staffing and college capacity remain unknown.", "summary": "Find supported HPC software, containers and shared model data." }, { "id": "campus-hpc-consult", "name": "HPC consulting and visualization support", "level": "University", "category": "RSE & personnel", "status": "Documented route", "access": "Open a ServiceNow ticket for onboarding, queue issues, code optimization and resource advice; request visualization help through its team.", "cost": "HPC consulting is published as free of cost.", "support": "HPC Consult ticket; visualization: vislab-consult@list.arizona.edu", "limits": "HPC team support hours: weekdays 8 a.m.\u20135 p.m., excluding university holidays. Consultation is not an assigned engineer or individualized student homework support.", "funding": "Institutional or project service; dedicated college capacity/funding not established.", "source": "https://hpcdocs.hpc.arizona.edu/support_and_training/consulting_services/", "checked": "2026-10-19 \u2014 public documentation; no signed-in entitlement or owner confirmation", "next_action": "Confirm eligibility, current availability, permitted use and support scope with this contact before relying on the resource.", "contact": "HPC Consult ticket; visualization: vislab-consult@list.arizona.edu", "contact_url": "https://uarizona.service-now.com/sp?id=sc_cat_item&sys_id=12eaba153bf9ba5017be8a8a25e45a7d", "sources": [ "https://hpcdocs.hpc.arizona.edu/support_and_training/consulting_services/", "https://hpcdocs.hpc.arizona.edu/policies/hpc_for_instruction/" ], "verification": "Access route, published cost basis and contact checked in public sources. Unpublished quotas, staffing and college capacity remain unknown.", "summary": "Consult on HPC workflows and visualization; specialist capacity is not assumed." }, { "id": "campus-aiverde", "name": "AI Verde \u2192 Arizona AI Assistant: planned transition", "level": "University", "category": "Software & models", "status": "ORAI transition update; timing to confirm", "access": "Wolfgang Jentner at the Office of Responsible AI (ORAI), via Greg Chism, reports AI Verde will be sunset in favor of Arizona AI Assistant. Use the new portal to check sign-in, API access and enrollment; migration timing and eligibility need confirmation.", "cost": "Planned $200/month of AWS Bedrock credit, reported by Wolfgang Jentner at ORAI and relayed by Greg Chism on October 19, 2026. Confirm who receives the allowance, renewal, covered usage and overage controls; not an unlimited compute or GPU-training allocation.", "support": "Wolfgang Jentner \u00b7 Office of Responsible AI (ORAI) \u00b7 wjentner@arizona.edu", "limits": "Supplied ORAI pricing screenshot lists 12 hosted models and per-token prices. These campus gateway rates differ from direct-provider rates. Credit is not transferred to this site\u2019s OpenAI API; API compatibility, data rules, class concurrency and migration/export still need confirmation.", "funding": "Campus Bedrock credit reported by Wolfgang Jentner at ORAI, via Greg Chism; allocation level and renewal terms to confirm.", "source": "https://ai-assistant.responsibleai.arizona.edu/", "checked": "2026-10-19 \u2014 ORAI transition/credit update and pricing screenshot from Wolfgang Jentner, relayed by Greg Chism; portal HTTP 200, no signed-in entitlement test", "next_action": "Ask Wolfgang Jentner at ORAI to confirm transition date, account/credit scope, API base URL, permitted data, overage policy and exports.", "contact": "Wolfgang Jentner \u00b7 Office of Responsible AI (ORAI) \u00b7 wjentner@arizona.edu", "contact_url": "mailto:wjentner@arizona.edu", "sources": [ "https://ai-assistant.responsibleai.arizona.edu/", "https://news.arizona.edu/employee-news/guide-ai-tools-u", "https://cyverse.org/ai-verde", "https://responsibleai.arizona.edu/about-orai/directory" ], "verification": "Public university news describes Arizona AI Assistant as a fall pilot and AI Verde separately. The transition and $200/month credit come from Wolfgang Jentner at ORAI, relayed by Greg Chism; individual entitlements have not been tested. Pricing screenshot received October 19; its capture/effective date is unconfirmed. Confirm live account rates. Primary contact corrected at Greg Chism\u2019s request October 20. ORAI directory confirms the spelling Wolfgang Jentner and wjentner@arizona.edu; primary service responsibility is user-confirmed.", "summary": "ORAI reports an Arizona AI Assistant transition and planned Bedrock credit; terms need confirmation." }, { "id": "campus-genai", "name": "U of A GenAI", "level": "University", "category": "Software & models", "status": "Documented route", "access": "Active UArizona NetID; published FAQ describes limited early access. Check genai.arizona.edu for availability.", "cost": "Published no-cost campus use.", "support": "Responsible AI tools page and campus 24/7 IT support: 520-626-8324", "limits": "Models/features may rotate; no guaranteed API, classroom concurrency or GPU-training allocation. Early-access conditions and data-specific exclusions apply; this differs from AI Verde.", "funding": "Institutional or project service; dedicated college capacity/funding not established.", "source": "https://responsibleai.arizona.edu/tools-support/u-gen-ai", "checked": "2026-10-19 \u2014 public documentation; no signed-in entitlement or owner confirmation", "next_action": "Confirm eligibility, current availability, permitted use and support scope with this contact before relying on the resource.", "contact": "Responsible AI tools page and campus 24/7 IT support: 520-626-8324", "contact_url": "https://responsibleai.arizona.edu/tools-support/u-gen-ai", "sources": [ "https://responsibleai.arizona.edu/tools-support/u-gen-ai", "https://it.arizona.edu/student-resources", "https://responsibleai.arizona.edu/ai-tools-guide" ], "verification": "Access route, published cost basis and contact checked in public sources. Unpublished quotas, staffing and college capacity remain unknown.", "summary": "Explore the documented NetID route for campus generative AI tools." }, { "id": "campus-software", "name": "Campus software licensing", "level": "University", "category": "Software & models", "status": "Documented route", "access": "Use the UITS software catalog and student/faculty service routes; check each product and affiliation.", "cost": "Student page lists Microsoft 365, Google Apps and Adobe Creative Cloud without added software charge while enrolled; other products are free or discounted. Student services are supported by the IT & Library Fee.", "support": "UITS 24/7 support \u2014 520-626-8324", "limits": "Eligibility, device counts, renewal and commercial/research use vary. Listed MATLAB/Autodesk etc. do not imply every license or API credit is included.", "funding": "Institutional or project service; dedicated college capacity/funding not established.", "source": "https://it.arizona.edu/student-resources", "checked": "2026-10-19 \u2014 public documentation; no signed-in entitlement or owner confirmation", "next_action": "Confirm eligibility, current availability, permitted use and support scope with this contact before relying on the resource.", "contact": "UITS 24/7 support \u2014 520-626-8324", "contact_url": "https://it.arizona.edu/student-resources", "sources": [ "https://it.arizona.edu/student-resources", "https://it.arizona.edu/node/616" ], "verification": "Access route, published cost basis and contact checked in public sources. Unpublished quotas, staffing and college capacity remain unknown.", "summary": "Check campus software agreements, eligible users and license restrictions." }, { "id": "campus-vcat", "name": "VCAT and Tech Zone software access", "level": "University", "category": "Software & models", "status": "Documented route", "access": "VCAT supplies virtual applications through a browser; Tech Zone labs provide installed software. Instructors can request a lab software installation.", "cost": "Campus student-service route; fee-supported. Product-specific access and installation charges, if any, must be checked.", "support": "UITS 24/7 support \u2014 520-626-8324", "limits": "App/version and lab availability vary; not a general-purpose GPU allocation, unrestricted server or always-on research host.", "funding": "Institutional or project service; dedicated college capacity/funding not established.", "source": "https://it.arizona.edu/tech-zone-software", "checked": "2026-10-19 \u2014 public documentation; no signed-in entitlement or owner confirmation", "next_action": "Confirm eligibility, current availability, permitted use and support scope with this contact before relying on the resource.", "contact": "UITS 24/7 support \u2014 520-626-8324", "contact_url": "https://it.arizona.edu/tech-zone-software", "sources": [ "https://it.arizona.edu/tech-zone-software", "https://it.arizona.edu/news/finding-resources-faculty", "https://it.arizona.edu/student-resources" ], "verification": "Access route, published cost basis and contact checked in public sources. Unpublished quotas, staffing and college capacity remain unknown.", "summary": "Explore remotely available or shared-space software; check application and class fit." }, { "id": "campus-data", "name": "Libraries Data Cooperative: Python, R and ML support", "level": "University", "category": "RSE & personnel", "status": "Documented route", "access": "Faculty, staff and students can consult library specialists on data science, visualization, programming and data management.", "cost": "No project-specific fee or dedicated engineering allowance established by these pages.", "support": "Sarah Stueve \u2014 sarahstueve@arizona.edu (Python/ML); Jeff Oliver \u2014 jcoliver@arizona.edu (R/Git/visualization)", "limits": "Consultation, instruction and referrals; no dedicated developer hours, turnaround or ongoing operations commitment.", "funding": "Institutional or project service; dedicated college capacity/funding not established.", "source": "https://lib.arizona.edu/research/data", "checked": "2026-10-19 \u2014 public documentation; no signed-in entitlement or owner confirmation", "next_action": "Confirm eligibility, current availability, permitted use and support scope with this contact before relying on the resource.", "contact": "Sarah Stueve \u2014 sarahstueve@arizona.edu (Python/ML); Jeff Oliver \u2014 jcoliver@arizona.edu (R/Git/visualization)", "contact_url": "https://lib.arizona.edu/research/data", "sources": [ "https://lib.arizona.edu/research/data", "https://lib.arizona.edu/research/data/data-science" ], "verification": "Access route, published cost basis and contact checked in public sources. Unpublished quotas, staffing and college capacity remain unknown.", "summary": "Seek Python, R, machine-learning and research-data guidance." }, { "id": "campus-digital-scholarship", "name": "Digital scholarship and text/data mining", "level": "University", "category": "Data & stewardship", "status": "Documented route", "access": "Consult about corpora, text analysis, humanities data, metadata and digital editing; listed open tools include OpenRefine, Voyant, AntConc and CollectionBuilder.", "cost": "Listed tools are free to use; sustained project implementation/support not priced here.", "support": "Heather Froehlich \u2014 froehlich@arizona.edu", "limits": "Tool availability does not clear copyright, dataset licensing, hosting, compute or staff time.", "funding": "Institutional or project service; dedicated college capacity/funding not established.", "source": "https://lib.arizona.edu/research/data/digital-scholarship", "checked": "2026-10-19 \u2014 public documentation; no signed-in entitlement or owner confirmation", "next_action": "Confirm eligibility, current availability, permitted use and support scope with this contact before relying on the resource.", "contact": "Heather Froehlich \u2014 froehlich@arizona.edu", "contact_url": "mailto:froehlich@arizona.edu", "sources": [ "https://lib.arizona.edu/research/data/digital-scholarship", "https://lib.arizona.edu/research/plan/tdm-llm" ], "verification": "Access route, published cost basis and contact checked in public sources. Unpublished quotas, staffing and college capacity remain unknown.", "summary": "Explore digital scholarship, text analysis and data-mining support." }, { "id": "campus-data-licenses", "name": "Library datasets, databases and reuse rights", "level": "University", "category": "Data & stewardship", "status": "Documented route", "access": "Use licensed resources under current UA affiliation and the specific agreement. Contact Collections before TDM or use with AI.", "cost": "Institutional subscriptions cover authorized access; additional TDM/API rights or fees depend on the agreement.", "support": "Library Collections \u2014 LBRY-collectionmanagement@email.arizona.edu", "limits": "Reading access does not authorize bulk download, sharing, training or uploading to public AI tools. Each publisher agreement differs.", "funding": "Institutional or project service; dedicated college capacity/funding not established.", "source": "https://lib.arizona.edu/research/plan/tdm-llm", "checked": "2026-10-19 \u2014 public documentation; no signed-in entitlement or owner confirmation", "next_action": "Confirm eligibility, current availability, permitted use and support scope with this contact before relying on the resource.", "contact": "Library Collections \u2014 LBRY-collectionmanagement@email.arizona.edu", "contact_url": "mailto:LBRY-collectionmanagement@email.arizona.edu", "sources": [ "https://lib.arizona.edu/research/plan/tdm-llm" ], "verification": "Access route, published cost basis and contact checked in public sources. Unpublished quotas, staffing and college capacity remain unknown.", "summary": "Check dataset access and reuse rights; library access does not imply redistribution rights." }, { "id": "campus-gis", "name": "GIS software, geospatial data and consultation", "level": "University", "category": "Data & stewardship", "status": "Documented route", "access": "Use the Libraries GIS/data guides and repository; discuss ArcGIS, QGIS, R and spatial analysis with a specialist.", "cost": "QGIS is open source; ArcGIS eligibility and project-specific data/service terms require checking. No universal paid-product entitlement inferred.", "support": "Garrett Smith \u2014 garrettsmith@arizona.edu", "limits": "Data licenses, service quotas and support capacity differ. A geospatial repository is not a general GPU or database-hosting award.", "funding": "Institutional or project service; dedicated college capacity/funding not established.", "source": "https://lib.arizona.edu/research/data/geospatial", "checked": "2026-10-19 \u2014 public documentation; no signed-in entitlement or owner confirmation", "next_action": "Confirm eligibility, current availability, permitted use and support scope with this contact before relying on the resource.", "contact": "Garrett Smith \u2014 garrettsmith@arizona.edu", "contact_url": "mailto:garrettsmith@arizona.edu", "sources": [ "https://lib.arizona.edu/research/data/geospatial", "https://lib.arizona.edu/research/data" ], "verification": "Access route, published cost basis and contact checked in public sources. Unpublished quotas, staffing and college capacity remain unknown.", "summary": "Find geospatial software, data and consultation." }, { "id": "campus-redata", "name": "ReDATA: research data and code preservation", "level": "University", "category": "Data & stewardship", "status": "Documented route", "access": "Active faculty/staff, enrolled students and certain DCCs with valid NetID/library privileges can submit eligible final research materials for curatorial review.", "cost": "FAQ: no cost to individual UArizona researchers; quota increases depend on need and availability.", "support": "ReDATA team \u2014 data-management@arizona.edu", "limits": "Non-sensitive research materials and rights required; curatorial review mandatory. Not an active database/backup service. Published notice reports intermittent traffic-related errors and automated download restrictions; not a breach.", "funding": "Institutional or project service; dedicated college capacity/funding not established.", "source": "https://lib.arizona.edu/research/data/redata", "checked": "2026-10-19 \u2014 public documentation; no signed-in entitlement or owner confirmation", "next_action": "Confirm eligibility, current availability, permitted use and support scope with this contact before relying on the resource.", "contact": "ReDATA team \u2014 data-management@arizona.edu", "contact_url": "mailto:data-management@arizona.edu", "sources": [ "https://lib.arizona.edu/research/data/redata", "https://lib.arizona.edu/research/data/redata/faqs", "https://lib.arizona.edu/research/data/redata/deposit" ], "verification": "Access route, published cost basis and contact checked in public sources. Unpublished quotas, staffing and college capacity remain unknown.", "summary": "Assess research data and code deposits for preservation and reuse." }, { "id": "campus-dsi-rse", "name": "Data Science Institute / CyVerse research software expertise", "level": "University", "category": "RSE & personnel", "status": "Contact reconfirmation needed", "access": "Indexed official DSI pages describe project/proposal consultation and cross-college teams; their live hostnames did not resolve during this review. Reconfirm the current route before relying on it.", "cost": "No blanket free engineering-hour entitlement or public project rate established; scope and funding must be agreed.", "support": "DSI \u2014 RII-datascienceinstitute@arizona.edu", "limits": "Named engineering expertise is not an available appointment or staffed help desk for every course. Confirm capacity, deliverables, maintenance and funding.", "funding": "Institutional or project service; dedicated college capacity/funding not established.", "source": "https://data7.arizona.edu/contact-us", "checked": "2026-10-19 \u2014 indexed official text retrieved; direct live verification unsuccessful", "next_action": "Confirm eligibility, current availability, permitted use and support scope with this contact before relying on the resource.", "contact": "Published DSI contact \u2014 RII-datascienceinstitute@arizona.edu (current operation to reconfirm)", "contact_url": "mailto:RII-datascienceinstitute@arizona.edu", "sources": [ "https://data7.arizona.edu/contact-us", "https://datascience.arizona.edu/directory" ], "verification": "Official-source search/fetch text supplied the contact and engineering roles, but direct checks of data7.arizona.edu and datascience.arizona.edu failed DNS resolution. This is an availability limitation, not evidence of service closure. No available staff hours verified.", "summary": "Explore research software expertise; published contact routes need reconfirmation." }, { "id": "campus-cct", "name": "CCT Data Science: consultation and research software", "level": "University", "category": "RSE & personnel", "status": "Documented route", "access": "Drop-in/workshop routes and grant collaboration documented. The 80-hour Data Science Incubator is limited to ALVSCE faculty, staff and students.", "cost": "Longer collaboration can use hired effort or a co-PI grant arrangement; Information Science eligibility for other services and rates must be confirmed.", "support": "CCT Data Science team \u2014 current contact/consultation routes", "limits": "The ALVSCE incubator is not an 80-hour entitlement for Information Science. Training/drop-in help differs from funded long-term engineering.", "funding": "Institutional or project service; dedicated college capacity/funding not established.", "source": "https://datascience.cct.arizona.edu/", "checked": "2026-10-19 \u2014 public documentation; no signed-in entitlement or owner confirmation", "next_action": "Confirm eligibility, current availability, permitted use and support scope with this contact before relying on the resource.", "contact": "CCT Data Science team \u2014 current contact/consultation routes", "contact_url": "https://datascience.cct.arizona.edu/", "sources": [ "https://datascience.cct.arizona.edu/" ], "verification": "Access route, published cost basis and contact checked in public sources. Unpublished quotas, staffing and college capacity remain unknown.", "summary": "Explore research data-science consultation and software support." }, { "id": "campus-catalyst", "name": "CATalyst Studios: XR, making and class partnerships", "level": "University", "category": "Hardware & compute", "status": "Documented route", "access": "Use Main Library makerspace hours, reserve eligible spaces/VR equipment, or plan a class visit with the team.", "cost": "Free workshops are advertised; material/equipment-specific charges and eligibility must be checked.", "support": "CATalyst Studios \u2014 contact and consultation booking", "limits": "Some machines require authorization classes. Reservations, supervision and supplies constrain access; no general-purpose compute/GPU reservation inferred.", "funding": "Institutional or project service; dedicated college capacity/funding not established.", "source": "https://lib.arizona.edu/catalyst", "checked": "2026-10-19 \u2014 public documentation; no signed-in entitlement or owner confirmation", "next_action": "Confirm eligibility, current availability, permitted use and support scope with this contact before relying on the resource.", "contact": "CATalyst Studios \u2014 contact and consultation booking", "contact_url": "https://lib.arizona.edu/catalyst/contact", "sources": [ "https://lib.arizona.edu/catalyst", "https://lib.arizona.edu/catalyst/contact" ], "verification": "Access route, published cost basis and contact checked in public sources. Unpublished quotas, staffing and college capacity remain unknown.", "summary": "Explore making, XR and class partnerships; availability needs confirmation." }, { "id": "campus-policy", "name": "AI tools and data-use guidance", "level": "University", "category": "Support & training", "status": "Documented route", "access": "Review the current university decision table before selecting a tool.", "cost": "Public guidance; project review effort must be scoped.", "support": "University AI, privacy and relevant data owners.", "limits": "Data categories and account types matter; do not infer authorization from a vendor privacy claim.", "funding": "University guidance; not a compute or staff allocation.", "source": "https://responsibleai.arizona.edu/ai-tools-guide", "checked": "2026-10-19", "next_action": "Confirm eligibility, available capacity, support commitment and funding with the resource owner.", "contact": "Responsible AI campus support and current training organizers", "contact_url": "https://responsibleai.arizona.edu/", "sources": [ "https://responsibleai.arizona.edu/ai-tools-guide" ], "verification": "Published guidance/training route only; not a compute or staff allocation.", "summary": "Check institutional AI-tool and data-use guidance before adoption." }, { "id": "campus-training", "name": "Campus AI learning and events", "level": "University", "category": "Support & training", "status": "Documented route", "access": "Follow the university AI resources page for training and event routes.", "cost": "Check each offering; staff learning time is still required.", "support": "University AI learning and event organizers.", "limits": "A course/event is not staffed project support or a reserved technical service.", "funding": "University initiative; event availability varies.", "source": "https://it.arizona.edu/news/new-u-ai-resources", "checked": "2026-10-19", "next_action": "Confirm eligibility, available capacity, support commitment and funding with the resource owner.", "contact": "Responsible AI campus support and current training organizers", "contact_url": "https://responsibleai.arizona.edu/", "sources": [ "https://it.arizona.edu/news/new-u-ai-resources" ], "verification": "Published guidance/training route only; not a compute or staff allocation.", "summary": "Find learning opportunities and training; events do not establish ongoing support." }, { "id": "access", "name": "NSF ACCESS", "level": "National / external", "category": "Hardware & compute", "status": "Application / approval", "access": "Match the project and teaching/research use to a resource and request.", "cost": "Allocated resource access is conditional; operations/support remain separate.", "support": "ACCESS support plus the selected resource provider.", "limits": "No award, class reservation or provider benchmark established.", "funding": "Federally supported allocation route.", "source": "https://access-ci.org/", "checked": "Earlier compute-ledger review; not newly rechecked", "next_action": "Confirm eligibility, available capacity, support commitment and funding with the resource owner.", "contact": "ACCESS support and selected resource provider", "contact_url": "https://access-ci.org/", "sources": [ "https://access-ci.org/" ], "verification": "Earlier source-ledger review; current resource-owner access, cost and contact not newly verified in this campus expansion.", "summary": "Request project-based CPU and GPU resources; an award and provider fit are required." }, { "id": "nairr", "name": "NAIRR Classroom", "level": "National / external", "category": "Collaboration & shared services", "status": "Application / approval", "access": "Check the current instructor/course call and resource terms.", "cost": "Conditional award/resource terms; not funding in hand.", "support": "Program and resource-specific support.", "limits": "An eligible AI pilot does not supply every course or its ongoing staff support.", "funding": "Federal pilot opportunity.", "source": "https://nairrpilot.org/", "checked": "Earlier compute-ledger review; recheck call before use", "next_action": "Confirm eligibility, available capacity, support commitment and funding with the resource owner.", "contact": "NAIRR program / current Classroom call", "contact_url": "https://nairrpilot.org/", "sources": [ "https://nairrpilot.org/" ], "verification": "Earlier source-ledger review; current resource-owner access, cost and contact not newly verified in this campus expansion.", "summary": "Explore eligible instructor-led AI classroom pilots; scope and resources are conditional." }, { "id": "osg", "name": "OSPool / throughput computing", "level": "National / external", "category": "Hardware & compute", "status": "Documented route", "access": "Assess independent, checkpointed research jobs and facilitated onboarding.", "cost": "Opportunistic use subject to policy and available capacity.", "support": "OSG/OSPool support route.", "limits": "Interruptions and queue behavior differ from live classroom sessions.", "funding": "Federally supported/shared infrastructure.", "source": "https://osg-htc.org/ospool/", "checked": "Earlier compute-ledger review; recheck before use", "next_action": "Confirm eligibility, available capacity, support commitment and funding with the resource owner.", "contact": "OSPool facilitation / support", "contact_url": "https://osg-htc.org/ospool/", "sources": [ "https://osg-htc.org/ospool/" ], "verification": "Earlier source-ledger review; current resource-owner access, cost and contact not newly verified in this campus expansion.", "summary": "Assess opportunistic throughput jobs; this is a different service model from live class notebooks." }, { "id": "mesa", "name": "MESA / CyVerse collaboration", "level": "National / external", "category": "Collaboration & shared services", "status": "Project / service terms", "access": "Explore public service and collaboration routes; confirm underlying access.", "cost": "Service-specific; no free college compute entitlement inferred.", "support": "Project/platform maintainers; commitments to confirm.", "limits": "Grant participation and advertised products do not establish approved class capacity.", "funding": "IDSS/project and underlying service support differ.", "source": "https://idss-mesa.github.io/", "checked": "Earlier compute-ledger review; recheck before use", "next_action": "Confirm eligibility, available capacity, support commitment and funding with the resource owner.", "contact": "MESA project team / underlying service provider", "contact_url": "https://idss-mesa.github.io/", "sources": [ "https://idss-mesa.github.io/" ], "verification": "Earlier source-ledger review; current resource-owner access, cost and contact not newly verified in this campus expansion.", "summary": "Explore compatible data-service collaboration; project funding is not a general compute entitlement." }, { "id": "free-gpu", "name": "Free GPU and cloud-credit experiments", "level": "National / external", "category": "Cloud & hosting", "status": "Bounded / conditional", "access": "Compare Kaggle, free Colab and credit-based platforms in the existing directory.", "cost": "Quotas, cards and paid conversion vary.", "support": "Provider/community support; no class support commitment.", "limits": "Useful for bounded experiments; not a guaranteed full-term GPU reservation.", "funding": "Provider-sponsored tiers or promotional credits.", "source": "classroom-resources.html", "checked": "Earlier compute-ledger review; recheck before use", "next_action": "Confirm eligibility, available capacity, support commitment and funding with the resource owner.", "contact": "Provider-specific help routes in comparison", "contact_url": "classroom-resources.html", "sources": [ "classroom-resources.html" ], "verification": "Earlier source-ledger review; current resource-owner access, cost and contact not newly verified in this campus expansion.", "summary": "Use bounded GPU notebooks or credits for preliminary experiments; quotas and hardware vary." }, { "id": "preservation", "name": "Repositories, databases and preservation", "level": "National / external", "category": "Data & stewardship", "status": "Service-specific", "access": "Match code, active databases, research deposits and archival needs separately.", "cost": "Storage, activity and hosting limits vary.", "support": "Institutional librarians, data owners and hosting operators.", "limits": "Compute allocations do not automatically provide durable databases or preservation.", "funding": "Institutional and provider arrangements differ.", "source": "repository-plan.html", "checked": "Earlier compute-ledger review; recheck before use", "next_action": "Confirm eligibility, available capacity, support commitment and funding with the resource owner.", "contact": "Service-specific contacts in continuity plan", "contact_url": "repository-plan.html", "sources": [ "repository-plan.html" ], "verification": "Earlier source-ledger review; current resource-owner access, cost and contact not newly verified in this campus expansion.", "summary": "Separate code hosting, active databases, scholarly deposits and preservation needs." } ], "deliverables": [ { "id": "inventory", "name": "Resource inventory", "url": "inventory.html", "status": "Seeded draft; college entries and service-owner verification pending", "draft": "End of Fall 2026 semester" }, { "id": "needs", "name": "Needs and gaps assessment", "url": "needs-assessment.html", "status": "Assessment structure ready; faculty/student inputs not collected here", "draft": "End of Fall 2026 semester" }, { "id": "portfolio", "name": "Portfolio of approaches", "url": "approaches.html", "status": "Candidate approaches for comparison; no selection or commitment", "draft": "End of Fall 2026 semester" }, { "id": "recommendations", "name": "Recommendations", "url": "recommendations.html", "status": "Draft action framework; group review and priorities pending", "draft": "End of Fall 2026 semester" } ], "timeline": [ { "when": "October\u2013November 2026", "title": "Build the baseline", "work": "Confirm scope and resource owners; 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timing not yet set." } ], "college": "College of Information Science", "inventory_review": { "date": "2026-10-19", "method": "Primary university/college/CyVerse documentation, source captures and direct URL checks. No account login, contact response or capacity test.", "key_unknowns": [ "College asset/license register and committed support hours", "Puma course fit, remaining PI allocation, concurrent queue access and instructor-led support", "Arizona AI Assistant transition timing, $200/month credit allocation level, renewal/overage policy and campus API terms" ], "request_assistant": "Local template and optional consent-based GPT-6 Luna drafting; direct OpenAI usage is separate from planned campus Bedrock credit." }, "point_people": [ { "name": "Barney Maccabe", "role": "Working-group point person; Associate Dean of Research", "email": "maccabe@arizona.edu", "profile": "https://infosci.arizona.edu/people/barney-maccabe", "basis": "Working-group point person designated by Greg Chism; public college profile verifies role and email.", "checked": "2026-10-19" }, { "name": "Greg Chism", "role": "Faculty Director of Instructional Computing; working-group point person", "email": "gchism@arizona.edu", "profile": "https://infosci.arizona.edu/person/greg-chism", "basis": "Greg Chism identified Faculty Director of Instructional Computing as his primary applicable role for this work and requested inclusion as a point person; public college profile verifies email.", "checked": "2026-10-19" } ], "request_drafting_assessment": { "date": "2026-10-19", "scope": "Two small quantized SmolLM2 models tested on synthetic examples in Chromium on this machine; not a general model benchmark.", "browser_inference_feasible": true, "api_keys_required": false, "inference_fees": false, "candidates": [ { "model": "SmolLM2-135M-Instruct", "dtype": "q8", "seconds_example": 10.0, "decision": "Rejected: invented student-record details absent from a public-corpus request." }, { "model": "SmolLM2-360M-Instruct", "dtype": "q8", "seconds_examples": [ 9.1, 13.0 ], "download_approx_MB": 390, "decision": "Not deployed: integrated wording example added an unsupported participant condition and weakened unknown-hours language." } ], "privacy_test": "Integrated 360M worker generated with all network requests blocked after loading; no generation requests observed. Draft quality still needs separate acceptance.", "selected_route": "Local sourced template plus optional explicit GPT-6 Luna draft through the limited server-side service; manual Arizona AI Assistant / U of A GenAI prompts are alternatives.", "site_model_connection": true, "sources": [ "https://huggingface.co/HuggingFaceTB/SmolLM2-135M-Instruct", "https://huggingface.co/HuggingFaceTB/SmolLM2-360M-Instruct", "https://huggingface.co/docs/transformers.js/v3.8.1/en/index", "https://responsibleai.arizona.edu/tools-support/u-gen-ai" ], "hosted_model_test": { "model": "gpt-6-luna", "status": "Completed; three synthetic drafts reviewed, useful first drafts with human review", "scope": "Three synthetic cases; at most 700 output tokens each, no tools, reasoning none, store false requested", "public_endpoint_configured": true, "source": "https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-6-luna", "date": "2026-10-19", "case_count": 3, "cases": [ "data-science-classroom", "mlis-corpus", "research-rse" ], "review_method": "Codex review against the saved synthetic briefs and supplied dated inventory facts; not an independent resource-owner confirmation. 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No tool calls.", "decision": "Useful candidate for source-grounded first drafts with human review; no public integration approved by this test.", "limits": [ "Three synthetic examples, one generation each, all relevant facts supplied; no independent fact-finding.", "No sensitive inputs, adversarial testing, repeated-run consistency, concurrency or real-user acceptance tested.", "No matched-prompt comparison with browser models; no broad ranking or claim of error-free generation.", "store:false requested; not a zero-retention guarantee.", "No site endpoint, browser credential, automatic submission or recurring service configured." ], "public_endpoint_configured_at_original_test": false }, "integration_evaluation": { "date": "2026-10-19", "scope": "Small synthetic hosted acceptance, not a model ranking or reliability estimate", "initial_700_token_attempts": 3, "initial_completed": 1, "initial_noncompleted": 2, "failed_attempts_reserved": true, "automatic_retries": false, "successful_hosted_seconds": 5.043, "current_service_output_tokens": 1000, "current_monthly_application_reservation_usd": 1, "public_browser_check": "Passed: one explicit consented public/synthetic DS draft, download and clear; 1440/768/390 widths", "released_1000_token_attempts": 1, "released_completed": 1, "live_browser_seconds": 4.734, "total_hosted_attempts": 4, "total_completed": 2, "total_noncompleted": 2 } }, "request_assistant": { "model": "gpt-6-luna", "endpoint": "https://infosci-compute-drafter.vercel.app/api/draft", "status": "Limited production pilot; human review required", "provider": "OpenAI direct API; separate from campus Bedrock credit", "consent": "Explicit public/synthetic non-identifying brief only", "limits": { "daily_attempts_shared": 20, "monthly_attempts_shared": 200, "per_network_daily": 5, "cooldown_seconds": 30, "max_output_tokens": 1000, "max_request_bytes": 6000, "max_model_payload_bytes": 16000, "reserved_usd_per_attempt": 0.005, "monthly_reserved_usd_ceiling": 1 }, "storage": "Drafting endpoint only: private allowance counters, attempt IDs and rotating network hashes; no prompt/draft retained. Explicit working-group submissions use a separate private queue.", "failure_behavior": "No automatic retries; local template remains available; missing or unavailable ledger blocks model calls", "deployment": "dpl_C5hZtK31ULRx74EyZCupsoKUAV3N", "server_key_required": true, "visitors_need_api_key": false, "uses_campus_bedrock_credit": false, "verification": "Thirteen backend checks, browser mock/edge cases, hosted MLIS draft and live consented DS draft/download/clear in three widths; not classroom readiness or campus data approval." }, "campus_ai_transition": { "reported_by": "Wolfgang Jentner", "reported_on": "2026-10-19", "from": "AI Verde", "to": "Arizona AI Assistant", "url": "https://ai-assistant.responsibleai.arizona.edu/", "planned_bedrock_credit_usd_month": 200, "credit_scope": "Eligibility, recipient/allocation level, renewal and overage rules require confirmation", "pricing_basis": "ORAI model-pricing screenshot from Wolfgang Jentner, relayed by Greg Chism; USD per 1M tokens. 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Duplicate-prevention metadata remains through the current submission month.", "uses_ai": false, "cost": "Existing hosting and metered private Blob/function operations; no new subscription or model charge for submission." }, "hpc_review": { "checked": "2026-10-20", "classroom_cluster": "Puma", "standard_cpu_core_hours_per_pi_month": 150000, "pool": "Shared across PI research and class groups; CPU/GPU/high-memory jobs use CPU-based accounting; no rollover", "queue": "No immediate start or assignment-deadline priority; windfall is preemptible", "support": "Instructor-led student support; HPC Consult weekday business hours, excluding holidays", "upcoming_hardware": "Lynx/H200 explicitly not available yet", "gpu_detail_to_confirm": "Puma memory table and MIG narrative differ; verify requested GPU/MIG shape with HPC Consult", "sources": [ "https://hpcdocs.hpc.arizona.edu/policies/hpc_for_instruction/", "https://hpcdocs.hpc.arizona.edu/resources/allocations/", "https://hpcdocs.hpc.arizona.edu/resources/compute_resources/", "https://hpcdocs.hpc.arizona.edu/support_and_training/consulting_services/", "https://hpcdocs.hpc.arizona.edu/running_jobs/job_limits/" ], "verification": "Published policies establish the documented classroom route and nominal allocation; supplied briefing notes add hardware context. No signed-in balance, classroom load, reservation or allocation award verified.", "standard_group_concurrency": { "gpu_max": 4, "cpu_max": 3290, "meaning": "Published ceiling, not guaranteed availability; check job-limits ; Open OnDemand has additional per-job limits" }, "meeting_notes_review": { "reviewed": "2026-10-20", "source_type": "User-supplied export of October 14\u201315 AI AWS Days notes; hardware slide on page 1", "attribution": "Hardware slide attributed to Jeremy Frumkin, UITS; notes supplied for review, authorship not inferred", "hardware_context": "Puma A100 MIG slices are listed as 40 GB; Ocelote is marked recently retired; Lynx is listed for 2026", "allocation_evidence": "The slide reports cluster hardware totals, not PI/classroom allocations, queue priority, reserved capacity or actual availability", "policy_reconciliation": "Use the current public teaching/allocation/job-limit policies for access and quota. Lynx remains unavailable according to the current hardware page; confirm Puma GPU/MIG memory because public descriptions differ.", "publication_boundary": "Selected HPC facts summarized; the private export and unrelated notes are not published" } }, "orai_pilot_plan": { "status": "Next draft planned; not submitted or accepted", "owner": "Greg Chism, Faculty Director of Instructional Computing", "weekly_capacity_hours": 4, "url": "https://responsibleai.arizona.edu/tools-support/ai-innovation-pilots", "scope": "Showcase ORAI tools alongside Greg\u2019s infrastructure-related components to build an AI-native classroom proof of concept. Specific components, workflow and deliverable will be scoped in the subsequent proposal.", "program_basis": "Eight-week execution after assessment; one project per faculty/staff member per year. Essential data/access must be ready. Support and infrastructure depend on project fit and acceptance.", "boundary": "An ORAI proof of concept is separate from semester-long teaching operations and an ACCESS allocation. No ORAI staffing, acceptance, ongoing maintenance or funding is committed.", "next_step": "Draft the ORAI pilot proposal in subsequent work; no application or outreach has occurred.", "intake": { "source": "User-supplied AI Project Intake Form export, reviewed October 20, 2026", "executive_summary_word_limit": 300, "project_goal_word_limit": 150, "impact_word_limit": 150, "readiness_questions": [ "Dataset available?", "Specific tasks/questions defined for the data?" ], "stakeholder_commitment": "At least one hour/week for relevant stakeholders during a 6\u20138 week phase; confirm before agreeing. This time comes from Greg\u2019s four-hour weekly cap, not in addition.", "timing_to_confirm": "Public program specifies eight-week execution after assessment; the intake uses 6\u20138 weeks for the participation statement.", "other_fields": [ "Contact and full unit name", "Project role", "Program choice", "Team expertise", "Project title", "Support needs", "Optional funding sources/deadlines", "Optional additional context" ], "status": "Requirements noted only; no answers drafted or form submitted" } } }