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October 2025 Maintenance Update

· 3 min read
Kristen Finch
Kristen Finch
Director of Research Computing Solutions

During October’s maintenance, we refreshed the operating system images for both login and compute nodesand made improvements to our monitoring stack.

Stay informed by subscribing to our mailing list and the UW-IT Research Computing Events Calendar. The next maintenance is scheduled for Tuesday, November 11, 2025 (the second Tuesday of the month).

Notable Updates​

  • Node image updates – Routine updates and security patches.
  • Improvements to our monitoring stack.

Tillicum GPU Cluster​

General availability for Tillicum GPU Cluster begins tomorrow October 15, 2025.

Office Hours​

  • Wednesdays at 2pm on Zoom. Attendees need only register once and can attend any of the occurrences with the Zoom link that will arrive via email. Click here to Register for Wednesday Zoom Office Hours.
  • Thursdays at 2pm in person in eScience. (address: WRF Data Science Studio, UW Physics/Astronomy Tower, 6th Floor, 3910 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98195).
  • See our office hours schedule, subscribe to event updates, and bookmark our UW-IT Research Computing Events Calendar.

If you would like to request 1 on 1 help, please send an email to help@uw.edu with "Hyak Office Hour" in the subject line to coordinate a meeting.

Upcoming Events​

Featured - AWS GameDay Series​

Join the AWS Generative AI Challenge Series! 🦄 Power up your cloud skills and get ready for the AWS Generative AI Unicorn Party GameDay on November 20 (12:30–7pm)!

Start your journey with our Warm-Up Workshops — designed to build your AWS knowledge and confidence before the big day:

Then drop into Office Hours (on Zoom) on Nov 12 or Nov 19 at 11am to get answers and fine-tune your strategy.

External Training Opportunities​

Questions about Hyak Klone, Tillicum, or any other UW-IT Research Computing Service? Fill out our Research Computing Consulting intake form. We are here to help!

Happy Computing,

Hyak Team