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, 6/27 - 5PM Mon, 6/30

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, June 27th. We plan to work over the weekend, anticipating a return to service by 5PM on Monday, June 30th. 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

Camille Villa departing Research IT

April 5, 2016

At the end of April 2015, Camille Villa will be departing Research IT and the Digital Humanities at Berkeley program to pursue new directions in her career.

Camille got involved with digital humanities as an...Read more about Camille Villa departing Research IT

Applications open for the Digital Humanities at Berkeley Summer Institute (Aug. 15 - 19)

March 23, 2016

Applications are now open for the second annual Digital Humanities at Berkeley Summer Institute (DHBSI). DHBSI will offer intensive training in digital humanities tools and methods from August 15 to 19....Read more about Applications open for the Digital Humanities at Berkeley Summer Institute (Aug. 15 - 19)

Consulting Summit coming April 7th

March 22, 2016

On April 7, from 10 AM - 3 PM, BIDS will host the first semiannual consulting summit of 2016.

Organized by Research IT in partnership with ETS and many campus groups, this event will provide an opportunity to meet colleagues on campus who provide consulting around research, teaching and...Read more about Consulting Summit coming April 7th