Discover, Collaborate, Excel: Complete Your Berkeley Lab Profile

Berkeley Lab staff profiles aggregate data from multiple systems to build a comprehensive picture of our organization. Creating a complete and engaging profile helps you present a professional and strategic Lab presence on the web. Make it a priority to complete your profile and build enriching connections around the world. Reading time: 10 minutes

• Go to profiles.lbl.gov to view profiles of Berkeley Lab researchers. 
• Visit go.lbl.gov/profileinformation to learn more about the new profiles system. 

Expanding Storage Services for Research Data

Next-generation research at the Lab is expected to generate many petabytes of data per year. The success of these big data projects demands a high-performance data pipeline. To address this critical need, ScienceIT offers the Science Project Storage Service (SPSS), a performant, resilient, scalable, and cost-effective storage solution. Significant upgrades are now available in the new release, SPSS v2. Reading time: 5 minutes

Zoom Release Notes, August 2023

Zoom provides up-to-date release notes for new features and enhancements. This month, the IT Division Audio Visual group (AV) is highlighting tools to help staff troubleshoot connectivity issues for Zoom meetings and manage Zoom cloud recordings. Reading time: 5 minutes

Zoom Cloud Recording Policy

The Zoom cloud recording feature allows hosts to record to Zoom’s cloud server. The lbl.gov Zoom account has a storage limit that is shared across the organization. Cloud recordings will be deleted automatically after 30 days to ensure that the feature remains available to everyone. Reading time: 3 minutes

Google Workspace Updates, August 2023

Check out new and upcoming productivity features in Google apps, including easier dropdown lists in Sheets, a shortcut to headings in Docs, annotations for presentations with Slides, and updates to Docs, Gmail, and Apps Script. Reading time: 5 minutes

Women in High Performance Computing 

Women in High Performance Computing (WHPC) is an international organization working to improve equity, diversity and inclusion in High Performance Computing. The WHPC Bay Area Chapter is passionate about WHPC’s vision and mission. We develop diversity and inclusion goals suitable to the needs of our local HPC community. 

We are excited that our community is growing and we would appreciate your input as we continue to plan events and new programs for the next year and beyond. Please take a moment to submit this short survey by September 8. Survey time: 2 minutes

Contact us at whpc@lbl.gov. All underrepresented genders and allies are welcome.

Women in HPC Bay Area Chapter – Committee
ScienceIT WHPC Members: Wei Feinstein, Karen Fernsler, Sapana Soni