Kyle M. Monahan [Tufts]
Kyle M. Monahan is Manager of Data Science Services in Research Technology at Tufts University, where he manages a team supporting advanced analytics, visualization, bioinformatics, LLMs, and secure environments for regulated data. A passionate advocate for HPC adoption and resource optimization, Kyle is also a Lecturer in Data Science at Tufts Gordon Institute. He has delivered many workshops, courses, and co-designed academic programs. Committed to making data science accessible, Kyle continues to support research and education across Tufts.
Session
We have streamlined LLM access on Tufts University’s HPC Cluster through Open OnDemand (OOD), enhancing AI use in research, teaching, and learning. We present a standardized toolkit of OOD applications: Research Chatbot (OpenWebUI + Ollama), LLM Notebooks (Jupyter + Ollama) and AI Image Generators (StableDiffusion, ComfyUI). Participants will gain insights into improving LLM accessibility via the OOD interface, comparing local and cloud based approaches for compute, aligning LLM tools with research needs, and lessons learned from deployment. Code, slides, and documentation will be available via GitHub.