Stern Center for Research Computing
http://www.stern.nyu.edu/scrc
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We are devoted to providing world class
facilities and services to
◦ help researchers solve problems that are
computationally challenging
◦ make it possible to attack previously infeasible
problems with innovative computational techniques
◦ assist researchers by offering consulting services
for all aspects of research specific computing
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Provide dozens of business data sources, the
foundation of successful business research
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For long running computations and/or tasks with
large memory requirements
Run multiple tasks simultaneously across many
machines
Free alternative to purchasing and/or dedicating
personal computer hardware for research
Parallel GPU computing for intensive matrix
operations with MATLAB
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Specialized virtual machines for research projects
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Access from anywhere research desktop
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Free alternative to purchasing research dedicated
personal computer hardware
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Customizable
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# of processors up to 8
RAM size up to 32GB
disk size up to 1 TB local
10 gb network connectivity
Linux or Windows platforms
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Hadoop cluster for analyzing and processing very
large textual data sets
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Processing of distributed data across nodes
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Tools
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hive – sql language
hbase – distributed database
pig – parallel data manipulation language
Mahout – data mining
datameer – spreadsheet-like interface
Tableau – Drag and drop reporting and graphics
SAS interface (coming soon!)
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Host large datasets reliably
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More than 150 TB total storage
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High speed access
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Backed up
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Data conversion services
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WRDS – (Wharton Research Data Bases)
◦ majority of Stern’s syndicated data
 CRSP, TAQ, Computstat
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Stand alone data portals
◦ Bloomberg, Datastream, SDC Platinum
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Bobst virtual business library
◦ EBSCO, Thompson ONE, Lexis Nexis, reuters
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…And more…
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Site licenses and open source
◦ MATLAB, R, SAS, Stata, Qualtrics
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Faculty pricing for personal computers
◦ Stata, SPSS, SAS & Enterprise Miner, mathematica,
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Programming
◦ Python, Java, C++, Perl, Shell, FORTRAN
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…And more…
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Advice on facilities / services for research projects
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Programming / web development for small projects
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Help locating consultants for large projects
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Help using computing facilities
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Help locating data for your research
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Installation of research software