Information Technology (IT) Priorities FY21

Basic Research Ecosystem Priorities FY2022

Innovation Artery

• High speed campus network designed for research
• Upgraded cloud / internet connectivity (10x speed)
• Cost-effective tiered storage options.
• Fast hybrid storage (on-premise or cloud)
• Archival cloud storage

New HPC cluster in Shrewsbury

• 5,040 new CPU cores (Intel & AMD)
• 80 new GPU nodes (our largest GPU footprint to date)
• 1 PB storage

Clinical Research Ecosystem Priorities FY2022

Huron Research Suite

• eIRB enhancements & upgrade
• IACUC / IBC cloud migration
• Clinical Trials Mgmt to the cloud
• eIRB cloud migration
• Business Intelligence (Insights) for Clinical Research

Clinical Research

• Hydrating the data lake (add CT, Xray, MRI, EKG, O2, wearable data, and more).
• Build conduit to clinical AI solution providers
• Leverage AI and ML containers.
• Modular and reproducible pipelines

ForHealth Consulting Ecosystem Priorities FY2022

• Implement Guiding Principles and Decision Framework for Technology Roadmap Decisions
• Expand O365 functionality usage
• Identify Business Operations/Foundational Technology Requirements and Platform Vendor
• Implement Business Operations/Foundational Technology Platform
• ForHealth Consulting Cloud Strategy
• Application Modernization

Education Ecosystem Priorities FY2021

• Create interactive Independent Learning Modules (ILM) for remote and online learning
• Further integrate EHR Classroom technology into Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing and T.H. Chan School of Medicine curriculum
• Publish best practice guide for optimizing on-line and remote learning
• Communications and Marketing to promote and identify current & future technology to support teaching & learning
• Consolidation of disparate data (across all 3 schools)  into a Data Warehouse
• Implement Enrollment Management V2

UMass Chan Operations Ecosystem Priorities – FY2021