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 seeks interns for fall 2016

September 1, 2016

Research IT is currently seeking UC Berkeley student applicants for numerous internships starting in fall 2016. These intern positions may last the duration of the academic year, and some positions may include the possibility of summer work. For all of the internships below, send your...Read more about Research IT seeks interns for fall 2016

Library Offers Funding for Data Purchases

September 1, 2016

Do you need to purchase data for your research or teaching? A new program from the Library will subsidize it.

Made possible through a partnership between the Library and the...Read more about Library Offers Funding for Data Purchases

Kickoff of mission to rewrite CollectionSpace's user interface

August 30, 2016

The user interface (UI) code for CollectionSpace, an open source, web-based museum collections management and information system, will be undergoing a major rewrite over the next 12 to 18 months, beginning...Read more about Kickoff of mission to rewrite CollectionSpace's user interface