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December 2021 Maintenance
On Wednesday, December 1, 2021, MSI staff will perform scheduled maintenance and upgrades to various MSI systems. During this month's scheduled maintenance period, the Mesabi and Mangi high-performance computing clusters will be unavailable throughout much of the day. A global system reservation will start at 5:00 a.m. on December 1. Jobs that cannot be completed before 5:00 a.m. on December 1 will be held until after maintenance and then started once the system returns to production status.
Healthcare and Societal Health Issues
The Carlson School of Management has teamed up with the Minnesota Hospital Association to explore how societal health issues can be addressed by innovations in healthcare funding. MSI PI Pinar Karaca-Mandic (professor, Department of Finance ) is co-leading this project along with Dr. Rahul Koranne, President and CEO of the Minnesota Hospital Association.
Using Filtration Devices for Safer Dental Procedures
Two MSI PIs from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Regents Professor David Pui and Associate Professor Jiarong Hong, led a new study that demonstrated the use of filtration devices to mitigate the spread of aerosols during dental procedures. The study was published in the Journal of the American Dental Association.
Creating Plant-Based Surfactants
A recent story on the OVPR’s Inquiry blog features MSI PI Paul Dauenhauer (professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science) and his lab, who have developed a method of using biomass to create surfactants that work even better than petroleum-based ones. Surfactants are used in a wide variety of products. Being able to create them from biomass instead of fossil fuels is an important step in increasing sustainability and reducing carbon emissions.
PASC22 Call for Papers
The Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing (PASC) Conference series is an international and interdisciplinary platform for the exchange of knowledge in scientific computing and computational science with a strong focus on methods, tools, algorithms, application challenges, and novel techniques and usage of high-performance computing. Research paper submissions are being solicited for PASC22, which will be held at the Congress Center Basel, Switzerland, from June 27 to 29, 2022. PASC22 Call for Papers.
Fighting Parkinson’s Disease
The U of M Udall Center of Excellence for Parkinson’s Disease Research, directed by MSI PI Jerrold Vitek (professor and head, Neurology), was recently awarded a new $11.3M grant from the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke to continue its research into using deep brain stimulation (DBS) to treat Parkinson’s disease. The grant will fund projects that seek to improve DBS techniques and other therapies tailored to individual patients.
Climate Policy Series at Humphrey School
MSI PI Gabe Chan (professor, HHH School of Public Policy) is helping to lead a new speaker series focusing on climate change. The Swain Climate Policy Series honors retired government, business, community, and U of M leader Thomas H. Swain, who is 100 years old this year. The goal of the series is to energize students and Minnesota citizens to work to solve the problem of climate change.
November 2021 Maintenance
On Wednesday, November 3, 2021, MSI staff will perform scheduled maintenance and upgrades to various MSI systems. Primary Storage, Mesabi, and Mangi will be unavailable throughout much of the day. A global system reservation will start at 5:00 a.m. on November 3. Jobs that cannot be completed before 5:00 a.m. on November 3 will be held until after maintenance and then started once the system returns to production status. November maintenance will include:

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