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

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.

No office hours during Spring Break: 3/26-3/27

Research IT will not hold office hours during Spring Break on Wednesday, 3/26 and Thursday, 3/27. Please get in touch with us via e-mail in the meantime and we will be happy to assist you.

Data Center Shut Down and Savio Downtime: Fri, 3/28 (5pm) - Tues, 4/1 (8am)

Our campus data center will temporarily shut down on Sunday, March 30, for essential generator work. In conjunction with this work, the Savio cluster will also be offline, starting Friday, March 28, at 5 p.m. until Tuesday, April 1, at 8 a.m. Pacific. A scheduler reservation is in place to ensure no jobs run after 5:00 p.m. on March 28th. If you plan to submit jobs, please ask for proper wall time to complete them before the downtime. Otherwise, your jobs will wait in the queue until the cluster is back online.

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News Articles

Celebrating WiDS Berkeley 2023! This article is a reflection on the insightful discussions, groundbreaking research, and empowering connections made at last year's event.

April 1, 2024

Women in Data Science (WiDS) Berkeley Conference 2023 Recap

On March 7, 2023, the Women in Data Science (WiDS) Berkeley Conference was held in the Banatao Auditorium in Sutardja Dai Hall on campus. The Global Women in Data Science (WiDS)...Read more about Celebrating WiDS Berkeley 2023! This article is a reflection on the insightful discussions, groundbreaking research, and empowering connections made at last year's event.

Hiring for Research Data and Computing Domain Consultants!

July 31, 2023
Position overview

Get paid to develop your skills in research data and computing!

UC Berkeley’s Research IT unit is hiring graduate student Domain Consultants for flexible, 15% to 25% (6-10 hours/week) appointments. We...Read more about Hiring for Research Data and Computing Domain Consultants!