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New requirement on Technology Use During Foreign Travel
In response to increasing cybersecurity and research security threats, Berkeley Lab has updated its Requirements on Technology Use During Foreign Travel to better protect government systems, Lab data, and employees during international trips. These threats, which include the tracking or seizure of government-issued devices, mirror a wider trend seen across the national lab system and… Read more »
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Releasing Big Sur Upgrade
Berkeley Lab IT will be releasing the block on Big Sur for macOS. IT initiated the block to address software incompatibilities, more specifically with the Lab’s anti-virus software Sophos. Those issues can now be resolved by upgrading your Sophos client with the latest version from our Sophos server. For further information and other related postings… Read more »
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What Works and Doesn’t Work on macOS Big Sur and Mac M1 Silicon Chipset
Berkeley Lab IT did some recent software compatibility testing of Big Sur with common applications used at LBL. Tests run on a MacBook Pro 13” with new M1 chipset and macOS Big Sur 11.0.1. Results listed below:Test StepsTest ResultsDownloaded Latest ChromeInstalled ChromeChrome prompts user to select between “Intel” or “M1”Browser installed, no issue Downloaded Latest FirefoxInstalled… Read more »
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New Help Videos: update macOS & Windows, configure IP address for Windows
IT has created new videos to help you with:How to configure static IP address for WindowsHow to run Windows 10 updateHow to run macOS updateIf you would like to see a specific help video created, let us know!Keep an eye on our IT Spotlight page for future announcements on new video tutorials! Read more »
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New Help Videos: Add a Printer on macOS, Reset AD Password, Map Network Drive on Windows!
IT has created a new video to help you with:Adding printer for macOSHow to reset AD passwordMap network Drive for Windows 10If you would like to see a specific help video created, let us know!Keep an eye on our IT Spotlight page for future announcements on new video tutorials! Read more »
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New Help Videos: Configure IP Address, Map Network Drive on macOS!
IT has created new videos to help you with:How to configure static IP address for macOSHow to map network drive for macOSIf you would like to see a specific help video created, let us know!Keep an eye on our IT Spotlight page for future announcements on new video tutorials! Read more »
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IT has posted a new video for adding printers for Windows!
IT has created a new video to help you with adding a printer for Windows.You can find it on our FAQ page along with our written instructions here:Download Toshiba Printer for WindowsAdd printer with Active Directory for WindowsAdd local printer without Active Directory for WindowsIf you would like to see a specific help video created, let… Read more »
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AWS Machine Learning Day
Dear LBL Cloud Users, On Friday 1/29 from 8am-3pm, Science IT has made arrangements with the Lab’s AWS Team to host a Machine Learning Immersion Day for LBNL researchers, please see the agenda below: Date: Friday, January 29 Time: 8:00am-3:00pm Location: https://chime.aws/1747421123 8:00am – 9:00am PST: Introductions of AWS Team and ML Overview on AWS 40 min… Read more »
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Personal Web Pages
Researchers often use personal web pages to feature their research and publications.IT supports and recommends a few ways to accomplish this.Google Sites:Visit sites.google.com and click "create site". Create the content and set the sharing options to be publicly accessible.If you want a custom subdomain (eg mysite.lbl.gov) mapped to your Google site so that your site… Read more »
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Savio Downtime Jan 2-5, 2021
Dear Savio users, There will be a scheduled shutdown of the data center starting at 3:00 PM Saturday, January 2 with completion planned by 5:00 PM Tuesday, January 5, 2021. This work is required to support the campus research mission by enabling new research systems and to provide improved resilience for these systems when running on generator… Read more »
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Computing as a laboratory: How Molecular Foundry scientists model at the nanoscale
By Erica Yee • January 29, 2019 The Science IT Profiles series highlights how the Scientific Computing Group supports the work of Berkeley Lab researchers spanning various disciplines. In six of the seven facilities of the Molecular Foundry, scientists at benches or instruments, in lab coats or clean room suits, are hard at work creating… Read more »
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How the Materials Project connects computational and experimental materials science
By Erica Yee • August 2, 2018 The Science IT Profiles series highlights how the Scientific Computing Group supports the work of Berkeley Lab researchers spanning various disciplines. To invent the first commercially viable electric light bulb, Thomas Edison and his assistants tested thousands of materials to use for the filament until they found one… Read more »
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Given COVID IT Can Help You With Your Asset Inventory
During the 2019 Wall-to-Wall inventory campaign, a collaboration pilot program between IT and Berkeley Lab Property Management used and implemented BigFix to certify the existence of DOE tagged assets. Any DOE-barcoded system running BigFix on LBL’s network was automatically verified for inventory purposes, without the barcode being scanned. This saved tremendous time for property reps… Read more »
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