Services
Infrastructure
- Compute
- Web Secure Shell
- File storage
- Backups and data recovery
- Database
- Statistical and system applications and utilities
- Printing
- Globus
- Backed by 24 kVA UPS, 22 ton primary AC, with 3 ton backup AC
Desktop
- Management of two computer labs (616 and 614)
- Management of faculty workstations and printers
- Immediate response to troubleshooting requests for hardware and software applications
- Email, phone, and in person technical support
Network and Security
- Management of network infrastructure (105 subnet)
- SSL certificates for secure web and mail
- SSH, SFTP, SCP
- Email filtering
- Firewall
Consulting and Training
- Comprehensive and proactive technical troubleshooting and enduser consulting for the entire installed applications software base
- Open and approachable personal application consulting (SCF/EML systems staff) and access to a professional statistical consultant (Chris Paciorek)
- Customized online documentation
- Support for heterogeneous development across Linux, Mac OS X, and Solaris
Software/Application Support
- Support for widely used data analysis, statistical, database, and development software, e.g. MySQL, R, Matlab, Stata, Maple, Gauss , Stata, SAS, StatTransfer, S)
- Support for many compilers and interpreters, e.g. GNU gcc, g++, and gfortran; Sun C, C++, and Fortran 77/90; Perl; Python; PHP; and the Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) library
- Support for Solaris 10, Ubuntu, Mac OS X and common unix and linux utilities and addons.
- Support for TeX/LaTeX
- Statistical dataset conversion
- Connectivity with Microsoft Windows systems, e.g. Samba, Exceed, SSH, SFTP, SCP, VNC and RDP terminal services
Data
- Maintenance of a large Library reserve collection of books and manuals for supported applications software
- Handling of sensitive data, e.g. clearances for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Health and Retirement Survey, State of California Employment Development Department
- Extensive data archives, where datasets are cleaned and documented, and accompanied by technical references, sample programs, and sample output, e.g., CPS, CEX, Census
- Data storage and backup of large datasets, both public access and restricted, for use on the production server and for webenabled downloads
Accounts
- Personal accounts for students, faculty and staff
- Graduate class accounts for ECON 202, 220, 236, 240, 241, 244 and 250
- Research project accounts that are shared by multiple users
- No financial charges for CPU usage, file storage, or data recovery
- Volume and partition management
Web
- CGI, Perl, PHP and Javascript Programming
- Troubleshooting of webrelated problems
- Webpage update assistance for faculty
Conference and Symposia
- Dissemination information regarding current findings on computationally intensive econometrics through conferences, symposia, short course programs, seminars and workshops funded by federal and private sector agencies.