Stern Center for Research Computing http www stern
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Stern Center for Research Computing http: //www. stern. nyu. edu/scrc
The Mission of the Stern Center for Research Computing � We are devoted to providing world class facilities and services to ◦ help researchers solve problems that are computationally challenging ◦ make it possible to attack previously infeasible problems with innovative computational techniques ◦ assist researchers by offering consulting services for all aspects of research specific computing � Provide dozens of business data sources, the foundation of successful business research
High Performance Grid Computing Environment � For long running computations and/or tasks with large memory requirements � Run multiple tasks simultaneously across many machines � Free alternative to purchasing and/or dedicating personal computer hardware for research � Parallel GPU computing for intensive matrix operations with MATLAB
Cloud Computing � Specialized � Access virtual machines for research projects from anywhere research desktop � Free alternative to purchasing research dedicated personal computer hardware � Customizable ◦ ◦ ◦ # of processors up to 8 RAM size up to 32 GB disk size up to 1 TB local 10 gb network connectivity Linux or Windows platforms
“Big Data” cluster � Hadoop cluster for analyzing and processing very large textual data sets � Processing � Tools ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ of distributed data across nodes hive – sql language hbase – distributed database pig – parallel data manipulation language Mahout – data mining datameer – spreadsheet-like interface Tableau – Drag and drop reporting and graphics SAS interface (coming soon!)
Storage � Host large datasets reliably � More than 150 TB total storage � High speed access � Backed � Data up conversion services
Data and Data Portals � WRDS – (Wharton Research Data Bases) ◦ majority of Stern’s syndicated data �CRSP, TAQ, Computstat � Stand alone data portals � Bobst virtual business library ◦ Bloomberg, Datastream, SDC Platinum ◦ EBSCO, Thompson ONE, Lexis Nexis, reuters � …And more…
Research Software and Programming Tools � Site licenses and open source ◦ MATLAB, R, SAS, Stata, Qualtrics � Faculty pricing for personal computers ◦ Stata, SPSS, SAS & Enterprise Miner, mathematica, � Programming ◦ Python, Java, C++, Perl, Shell, FORTRAN � …And more…
Consulting � Advice on facilities / services for research projects � Programming / web development for small projects � Help locating consultants for large projects � Help using computing facilities � Help locating data for your research � Installation of research software
