Mission

The research computing group enables advanced research by providing leading edge computing services across the FAS. Our staff maintains expertise in constantly changing computing technologies, while "speaking the language" of the FAS researchers, to help them use computing more effectively. Research Computing technologies sit atop of support and infrastructure provided by the FAS IT organization.

Status

Case Studies

Cosmology

Very small quantum fluctuations in the first 10-30 of a second in the universe seeded small density inhomogeneities. These inhomogeneities grew with time, eventually becoming the galaxies. more...

High Energy Physics

FAS Scientists are using research computing resources to analyze the data generated at the CERN Large Hadron Collider and simulate new data to further refine the detectors.more...

Astronomy

FAS Scientists are using research computing resources to analyze the large volumes of data generated by modern telescopes more...

Climate Change

Harvard scientists are working on understanding how the ongoing deforestation is affecting climate change. more...

Understanding our brains

Harvard scientists are working on understanding how our brains are wired. more...

Studying forest ecosystems

Our understanding of forest ecosystems are critical to a better characterization of regional and global carbon budgets. more...

Designing clean energy systems

Harvard Scientists are using advanced graphics processors to design new materials that could be used to generate clean energy. more...

Understanding Evolution

Harvard Scientists are running massively parallel computations to understand the phylogeny of molluscs. more...

Economic Policy

Harvard researchers are using Odyssey's power to identify economic policy that can help people. more...

Announcements

  • Research Computing announces new workshops for users. more...
  • Access to Odyssey is open. Request access at more ...
  • Odyssey users can now download FAS licensed software (like Matlab & Mathematica) for linux machines. more...
  • Odyssey users can request their own hosted Wiki or Drupal websites. Please email rchelp@fas.harvard.edu with your request. This service is restricted to research needs only.
  • Researchers using FAS instruments can schedule their experiments online at the SPINAL tool.

Help Desk

E-mail  rchelp@fas.harvard.edu (24x7)

Phone (617) 495 9000 (M-F 8am-8pm,
Sat: 10am - 6pm, Sun: 12pm - 5pm & holidays closed)

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News

Scientists on Odyssey discover new Supernova. more ...

EMC storage for lab folders online

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