We are excited to roll out R 4.6.1 on the cluster! To ensure a smooth transition without breaking your current workflows, here is what you need to know about your packages, jobs, and temporary session files. 1. 📦 Package Compatibility: Why You Need to Rebuild for R 4.6.1 Your R Read more
To ensure the most efficient use of our cluster resources and provide a smooth experience for all researchers, we would like to provide a reminder regarding our policies on resource requests, monitoring, and Slurm Fairshare. 📉 Active Monitoring & Under-Utilization While users are free to request the specific resources required Read more
Dear HPC Users, 👋 We are thrilled to share that our HPC ecosystem is growing! 🎉 🚀 We are currently welcoming large-scale users to our platform, which speaks volumes about the capability and reputation of our resources. 🔍 The Challenge With this growth, we have experienced a surge in high-volume Read more
DICC Welcomes Faculty of Artificial Intelligence, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) On the May 13 2026, The Data Intensive Computing Centre (DICC) had the privilege of hosting an esteemed delegation from the newly established Faculty of Artificial Intelligence (FAI), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). The institutional visit served as a vibrant platform Read more
The Data Intensive Computing Centre (DICC) was recently invited on 5 May 2026 by the Research Training Unit (RTU) of the Faculty of Medicine to deliver an introductory talk on the pivotal role of High-Performance Computing (HPC) in modern biomedical research in the Single Cell Transcriptomics in Health & Disease Read more
The Data Intensive Computing Centre (DICC) recently participated in the prestigious Majlis Dekan ICT (MaDICT) Malaysia 2026 – Research Cluster Meeting on 14 April 2026, a key gathering of ICT academic leadership from across the nation. Representing Universiti Malaya, the DICC team took center stage to showcase UM’s cutting-edge High-Performance Read more
Dear HPC Users, We are pleased to announce the successful conclusion of the reserved service period for the 2D & 3D Medical Image Analysis Training with NVIDIA MONAI workshop. The High-Performance Computing (HPC) cluster partition, gpu-a100, is now back online and available for general use by all HPC users. ✅ Read more
Workshop Success! We are thrilled to announce the successful completion of the 2D & 3D Medical Image Analysis Training with NVIDIA MONAI workshop, held on November 18th and 19th, 2025! This hands-on, beginner-friendly training brought together enthusiastic researchers and postgraduate students for two intensive half-days focused on the cutting edge Read more
To all HPC Users, This announcement is to inform you of a scheduled service reservation on the HPC cluster to support the upcoming AI Bootcamp Training (18-19 November 2025). In preparation for this event, the gpu-a100 partition will be temporarily reserved and taken offline. Summary of Impact Detailed Schedule Service Read more
Dear HPC users, It has come to our attention that some users are purposely misusing the HPC resources that are available in DICC. These unauthorized activities are also in line with reports from some of the users, as they were unable to use the resources that were allocated to them. Read more