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A two-session, introductory workshop on using Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) for computationally intensive tasks will be held on Monday February 1 and February 8, 2016, from 4:10 to 5:30 p.m., in 1011 Evans Hall on the UC Berkeley campus. The workshop will focus on computations in the areas...Read more about Introductory GPU Computation Workshop: February 1 & 8, 2016

The University of California Botanical Garden is busy upping its game in the virtual world: besides a spiffy, attractive, revised website, with social features and expanded content, a new ...Read more about UC Botanical Garden launches search portal on updated website

Research IT will be participating in the Spring 2016 Instructor Support Open House, organized by our colleagues in Educational Technology Services (ETS...Read more about Research IT participating in Instructor Support Open House

On December 18, 2015, the Research Data Management program held a workshop that was attended by thirty staff from the Library, Campus Shared Services-IT, and Research IT. The workshop’s purpose was to discuss the research data management challenges these consultants are addressing, and to...Read more about Research Data Management Workshop provides RDM forum and training for Librarians, Campus Shared Services-IT, and Research IT

The New Media Consortium (NMC) has released the NMC Horizon Report 2015 Museum Edition, identifying key trends and challenges impacting museums.

The NMC Horizon Reports present...Read more about New Media Consortium publishes report on trends and challenges for museums

OpenHPC 1.0, a new open source initiative to advance high performance computing, has selected Warewulf as its provisioning component. Warewulf is a configuration and management toolkit created by Research IT’s partners at the Lawrence...Read more about Warewulf provisioning tool selected as OpenHPC 1.0 component

Thinking of adopting a collections management system for your museum or heritage institution, but the up-front cost is a barrier? One option might be a CollectionSpace mini-grant.

A growing number of museums and heritage institutions are adopting...Read more about CollectionSpace mini-grants available to museums

On November 19th, bConnected, Educational Technology Services, and Research IT co-sponsored a Town Hall, Powering Communication Across Campus. The two-hour One IT event gave Berkeley staff, faculty, and researchers the chance to learn about how various departments are working together to...Read more about A Town Hall to Support Communication and Collaboration Across Campus

On November 12, 2015, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) opened a new center for advancing computational science and networking. Shyh Wang Hall is named in honor of the UCB professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science who passed away in 1992. Shyh Wang is...Read more about Berkeley Lab opens state-of-the-art facility for computational science