Data @ Rice

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Are you keeping your research data on an external hard disk (or ten of them in your filing cabinet)? Rice research computing provides a networked storage service, protected behind the firewall, that provides you with fast and safe access to your research data, whether to store it in the medium term, to ship it in or off campus, or to run tasks over it. Come to this workshop to learn how to store and use your research data better and in a more scalable way.

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Supercomputing is for everyone! Whether you're trying to run an OCR job on tens of thousands of pages, or trying to run a statistical simulation that's taking hundreds of hours on your local machine, supercomputing helps you get these jobs done faster, and even think about designing bigger jobs. In this introductory workshop, we will introduce you to Rice's supercomputing cluster, show you how to log on, and give you an introduction to the basics of how to parallelize workflows.

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Rice has its own cloud computing service. If you need more computing than your laptop can provide, or an intermittent job that needs a server behind the firewall, we provide virtual machines that can help you do medium-sized computing jobs in a flexible environment. Come to this workshop to learn more about Rice's virtual machines / private cloud computing farm.

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The World Bank is an international organization that provides financing, advice, and research to developing countries. The organization’s websites hold a wealth of research resources and data banks that may be useful to those interested in issues related to poverty measurement, delivery of social services, trade, migration, and a whole range of other topics related to development.

Are you… 

• Ready to sharpen your research skills? 
• Interested in learning about tools for analyzing and visualizing data?
• Curious about Fondren’s short courses but unsure which to attend? 

Join the Digital Scholarship Services team for a workshop showcasing Fondren’s data-focused short courses.  In this workshop, we will demonstrate and compare three tools for working with data: Excel, ArcGIS, and Tableau. We will also share additional opportunities for learning these tools in depth.