Research Computing Services (RCS)’s mission is to provide researchers with the support, expertise and resources necessary to conduct research computing at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´.

RCS personnel will support and assist researchers in using Advanced Research Computing (ARC) and High-Performance resources available on- and off-campus. This support includes tutorials, training, workshops as well as assistance with porting and optimizing existing code.

Services offered include:

  • Provide a single point of contact for research-related requests to ITS.
  • Access to cloud computing resources the . The RCDC can be used by researchers for their research computing needs as well as to develop new code and applications.
  • Offer access to the filesharing platform for research data.
  • Custom, purpose-built research software created by the RCS Research Software Development team.
  • Access to open and commercial software packages including: IBM SPSS Statistics, MathWorks’ Matlab, Stata/SE, NVivo, Qualtrics, etc (full list HERE).
  • Support the joint Data Science program. Participate in the design, measurement, collection, sampling and statistical analysis of research data and results.
  • Offer tutoring, training, workshops and support scientific researchers, staff and students regarding HPC and Advanced Research Computing (ARC) resources.
  • Assist researchers with the porting, optimization and running of code or applications.
  • Consult and interact with faculty and their research groups to enable them to fully utilize the ARC resources for their scientific research.
  • Help faculty with grant proposals by contributing sections of the proposal that describe the interplay between their research and ARC resources.
  • Assess and develop research tools including: collaborative data analysis, computational performance, data storage, and research collaboration.
  • Work strategically and collaboratively with all information technology areas involved in successful research support and with research and technology leaders at schools and departments throughout the University.