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Research Computing, a department within Information Technology, has been established to promote the availability of high performance computing resources essential to effective research at the University of South Florida.
Research computing consists of five broad and integrated areas of responsibility.
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Faculty and student research and academic initiatives often require specific scientific software titles. RC offers services for such software including installation of new packages, and upgrades to already installed applications. IT staff will work with you to determine the software requirements and best method for deployment.
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This provides services for high performance data services, data security, and data redundancy.
Research Computing operates / manages storage systems for High Performance, High Security and Long-Term storage. High performance storage institutes disk space usage and file count quotas on all users' /home, /work, and /shares directories.
High security storage is available (as requested) for secure data processing as needed (i.e., research or grant-specific security requirements)
Long-term storage is also available for purchase by departments and researchers when required.
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Storage costs are currently $30-$40/TB/year depending on tier and options. These costs may vary if additional storage backups are requested. In addition, very large requests > 500TB may need to be priced individually.
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This provides services to students, researchers, and organizations outside of USF.
The Advanced Visualization Center staff assists students and faculty with the use of advanced technologies for the creation of visualizations for education and research. The AVC staff also provide training on advanced software applications and data visualization techniques.
The Center supports the advancement of technology in education, using the following assets:
- an Ultra High Resolution Visualization Wall, with remote access to USF's High Performance Computing Cluster
- a Rapid Prototyping Lab with over 40 3D printers
- the Advanced Visualization Student Lab
RC and AVC staff continue to explore and develop innovative practices in 3D Modeling, 3D Printing, Visual Graphics, Animation, Augmented and Virtual Reality, Data Analysis and Interactive Applications. The Advanced Visualization Center is part of USF Information Technology, Research Computing.
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Printing costs are based on amount of material and time needed for printing. Model creation and preparation are free for students and for faculty. For other uses and additional information, please visit the AVC website.
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This allows new researchers to get up to speed quickly, as well as provide specialized computational services to aid in grant writing, proposal creation, and research assistance. To request this service, please send an email to rc-help@usf.edu
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There is no initial charge for this service, but based on the size and complexity of the needs of the project there may be some cost. It is expected that for more extensive projects, grants or other funding will be sought in cooperation with the Research.
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Administration of REDCap Research Database Software
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This provides researchers a tool to collect data, conduct surveys, and produce reports in a secured data environment.
Research Computing administers a database system called REDCap. This database is developed and maintained by Vanderbilt University. Information for the project is located at https://projectredcap.org (Links to an external site.)
Individual training is not currently offered for this database; however, there are extensive videos and reference material contained within the application.
This system is to be utilized for research, training, and quality improvement projects that benefit The University of South Florida. Because this system may contain Protected Health Information, we govern it as a HIPAA Compliant Application. As such, the following is required to access the system:
- You must be a faculty or researcher of USF, or have a faculty sponsor
- You must have an active NETID
- You must take the Professional Integrity and Compliance training (HIPAA Privacy, Computer and Information Security, and Code of Conduct) through https://usf.sabacloud.com (Links to an external site.)
- You must sign a REDCap security agreement, outlining the terms of use of the system.
To request access to REDCap for research purposes, send an email message to rc-help@usf.edu
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Acknowledging RC
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Our computational resources are freely available to faculty and students involved in research projects. We ask that you kindly acknowledge us in all publications for which our resources have been useful.
Our preferred acknowledgment statement is "The author(s) would like to acknowledge the use of the services provided by Research Computing at the University of South Florida". We also ask that you send an email to rc-help@usf.edu of publications or grant requests in which our facilities are mentioned. We would also appreciate being kept informed of any grant requests that are fulfilled.
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