IT Governance

DoIT works closely with the campus, especially our stakeholders, to ensure that the IT project portfolio adequately meets the campus’s needs. We work closely with UMBC’s Shared Governance process to ensure broad participation and discussion in decision-making. In addition to IT shared governance, we participate in a number of other committees to provide leadership and expertise on how technology can support those initiatives.

  • Academic Leadership Council – This group oversees the strategic, policy, and operational objectives for UMBC and is chaired by the Provost, Dr. Manfred H. van Dulmen.
  • IT Steering Committee – The Associate Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and VP of IT co-chair this committee. This committee is part of the university’s plan of organization, which focuses on how technology can be used to achieve our overarching university goals.  This committee oversees policy and strategic direction of IT, especially as it pertains to the academic enterprise. This committee has representatives from the senates, stakeholders from each division, and representatives from departments that are large consumers of IT services.
  • Campus Systems Executive Committee – This committee is co-chaired by the VP of IT and Associate Provost for Enrollment Management and is focused on using technology to support administrative systems and business processes at UMBC. For policy or strategic direction, it reports through the IT Steering Committee. Members include leaders from Enrollment Management, Financial Services, Human Resources, Institutional Research, Graduate School, Continuing and Professional Studies, Division of Undergraduate Education, and Information Technology.
  • Faculty Senate Computer Policy Committee – This standing committee of the Faculty Senate is charged with reporting to the Senate on IT issues of interest to the faculty. Members are identified by the faculty senate.
  • Data Management Committee – This committee oversees the data warehouse and campus reporting infrastructure to ensure data security, access, and quality. It reports to the Campus Systems Executive Committee for operational planning and the IT Steering Committee for policy. This committee is chaired by the Vice Provost for Institutional Research and Decision Support (IRADS) and the Vice President of IT.
  • Campus Classroom Committee – this committee oversees classroom management, including instructional technology. This committee is chaired by the Associate Vice Provost for Academic Affairs. DoIT is a participant.
  • Blackboard Advisory Committee – this committee focuses on operational and policy decisions regarding the timing of upgrades or other proposed changes to the Blackboard Learning Management System. This committee is chaired by the Associate Vice President for Instructional Technology
  • Information Security Council – This committee meets monthly and is chaired by the CISO and reviews technical architecture as it pertains to following the USM Security Policy. As such, it reviews and approves firewall punches; develops a cloud software approval process and reviews the approval of cloud security that has level 2 or 3 data; and monitors audits and internal compliance reviews of quarterly requirements.

Shared Infrastructure Governance

While DoIT administers and maintains the campus Research Computing and Data Infrastructure, DoIT is advised by the Research Computing Shared Infrastructure Governance Steering Committee (RC-SIG). The RC-SIG was formed following the 2023 RCTF Report by campus researchers to the university administration. Item 1 of the response by VP & CIO Jack Suess along with VP of ORCA Dr. Karl Steiner highlighted the need for this group and laid-out its general structure. The structure and operation of the RC-SIG is outlined in the RC-SIG Governance document. The RC-SIG meets monthly to deliberate on policies and issues facing campus researchers and works to recommend best practices for the administration and growth of Research Computing and Data Infrastructure.

Membership

The RC-SIG is composed of each of the college deans (or their delegates), the chairs of the RC-SIG Subcommittees, and the Vice President for Research & Creative Achievement and the Vice President of Information Technology both as ex-officio members.

Steering Committee

Karl Steiner (ORCA), Jack Suess (DoIT), Alan Yeakley (GES; CAHSS), Marc Olano (CSEE; COEIT), Matt Pelton (PHYS; CNMS), Zhibo Zhang (PHYS; CNMS), Karuna Joshi (IS; COEIT), Ian Stockwell (IS; COEIT), Jim Clavin (The Hilltop Institute), Roy Prouty (DoIT Support)

Advanced CPU

Zhibo Zhang (PHYS; Co-chair), Roy Prouty (DoIT Support; Co-chair), Dillon Mahmoudi (Geography), Zoe McLaren (Public Policy), Houbing Song (Information Systems), Meilin Yu (Mechanical Engineering), Tülay Adali (Computer Science & Electrical Engineering), Matthias Gobbert (Math/Stats), Pengwang Zhai (Physics)

Advanced GPU

Karuna Joshi (Co-chair), Roy Prouty (Co-chair)

Cloud Computing

Ian Stockwell (Co-chair), Jim Clavin (Co-chair), Roy Prouty (Co-chair)

User Experience
Jianwu Wang (Co-chair); Max Breitmeyer (Co-chair); Roy Prouty (DoIT Support; Co-chair)

Meetings & Updates

Meetings of the SIG Sub-Committees are announced via the HPCF myUMBC group. Any campus community member is welcomed to follow the group and receive key updates by way of monthly newsletters.

An up-to-date listing of all meeting materials is located on a public Google Shared Drive folder.