Research IT

provides research data and computing technologies, consulting, and community for the UC Berkeley campus. Our goal is to advance research through IT innovation.

Status and Service Updates

Savio Downtime: 8AM Fri, 7/4 - 5PM Mon, 7/7

We are planning a downtime to conduct storage-related work on DDN and VAST, which is critical for the HPC services. The downtime will start at 8AM on Friday, 7/4. We plan to work over the weekend, anticipating a return to service by 5PM on Monday, 7/7. During the downtime, you will have no access to the Savio cluster or be able to run jobs. A Slurm reservation is in place, so please make sure that you complete your jobs within the proper walltime; otherwise, your jobs will wait in the queues until the downtime is over.

No office hours Thursday, June 19

Research IT will not be hosting office hours on Thursday, June 19 as it is a university holiday.

No office hours during finals: 5/12-5/16

Research IT will not be holding our regular office hours during the week of Spring Break, 5/12 - 5/16. Please get in touch with us at research-it@berkeley.edu for any help in the meantime.

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News Articles

Research IT Digital Humanities Coordinator elected to executive council of national organization

January 8, 2015

Quinn Dombrowski, the Digital Humanities Coordinator in Research IT, has been elected to the Executive Council of the Association for Computers in the Humanities (ACH), the US-based professional organization for digital...Read more about Research IT Digital Humanities Coordinator elected to executive council of national organization

CollectionSpace launched for the BAM/PFA Art Collection

January 8, 2015

Research IT is happy to announce that in November 2014, the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive began using CollectionSpace as the collection management system for their art collection....Read more about CollectionSpace launched for the BAM/PFA Art Collection

Micronet user group for campus IT professionals celebrates 25th anniversary

January 7, 2015

Micronet, a UC Berkeley group for campus IT professionals, celebrated its 25th birthday on October 31, 2014. Founded in 1989, Micronet has become one of the oldest IT-related communities on campus; and also one...Read more about Micronet user group for campus IT professionals celebrates 25th anniversary