Searching for the nature of speech, sign, and universal grammar "Davidson’s work on sign languages spans the divide between applied and theoretical linguistics, contributing to both abstract debates about language in the mind and questions with immediate impacts on people’s lives. Harvard’s small but formidable linguistics department thrives on its interest in the union of theory and empirical research." Read…
Green Computing Today, Not Tomorrow
Harvard and FASRC believe in innovation and a sustainable energy footprint. From our green data center in Holyoke, MA to clean energy initiatives on campus, we are committed to improving the world around us. MGHPCC is our green data center in Holyoke, MA which was purpose-built to achieve sustainable, clean energy and cooling. The new solar array at 38 Oxford…
NESE: Large-Scale Extendable Storage
"As big data becomes a common analytical tool in fields from the sciences to the humanities, Harvard’s computer infrastructure experts are turning their attention to an increasingly pressing question: How do you manage it all? In recent years, Harvard invested in the Odyssey computing cluster, whose 60,000 CPUs provide the sheer computing horsepower needed to crunch big data. But as…
SLURM upgrade Fri. August 14, 2015 8am
We will be updating the SLURM job scheduler Friday 14th at 8am. We worked with the developers this week to fix the segmentation violation issue that was causing it to crash on Monday morning and Tuesday evening. Running jobs will be suspended during the upgrade and you will still be able to submit jobs. The process is expected to be…
Odyssey Software Updates, June-2015
Software updates and installs since May 1st: NOTE: All software is installed under the Lmod module system on Odyssey. And please read our guidelines for software install requests. armadillo 5.100.2 Fast C++ matrix library with easy to use functions and syntax, deliberately similar to Matlab ART 031915 Simulation tools to generate synthetic next-generation sequencing reads bcftools 1.2 Set of utilities…
MATLAB Workshop, June 9th
RC will be hosting two workshops on Tuesday, June 9th, at Science Center Hall A. Please see https://rc.fas.harvard.edu/events/matlab-workshop-june-9th/ for details.
Explosion of Research Data Drives “Tipping Point” for IT Facilities
James Cuff, Assistant Dean for Research Computing, sits down with Data Center Knowledge to discuss his upcoming keynote address at the 2015 Data Center World Global Conference. Cuff will talk about the current and future state of the data center in his address. “Data centers are the back bone of civilization,” Cuff said. “Basic science is being done through computing." For…
MATLAB Workshop, November 21st 2014
Date: Friday November 21st, 2014 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM Location: Main campus, TBA Tentative Schedule: 10:00 - 12:30 PM Advanced Programming 12:30 - 1:00 PM Lunch break 1:00 - 3:00 PM Optimizing and Accelerating your MATLAB Code 3:00 - 3:30 PM: FAS Research Computing Services Registration is open! Please register at http://www.mathworks.com/seminars/HarvardFAS2014. Session 1: Advanced Programming This master class…
1st Monday Maintenance, November 3rd 2014
Our next planned maintenance event will take place from 7AM-11AM on Monday, November 3, 2014. We will be doing the following: **Replacing a drive in sum1-gstore01. We need to bring this storage unit offline to perform this replacement. The following filesystems/data storage areas will be affected: testfs stewartfs warnekenfs bornnfs gaudetfs hutlabfs ls100rfs haepfs Lukinfs nocerafs oconnellfs semiticfs jun_liu_lab_fs xcmsfs…
RNA-Seq and Genome Assembly Workshop, October 22-23 2014
On Oct 22nd, the Informatics & Scientific Applications group will give an introduction to RNA-Seq covering the Bauer Sequencing Core, library preparation methods, and Illumina sequencing technology. The workshop will cover read preprocessing, alignment to a reference genome and transcript expression estimation. On Oct 23rd, Informatics & Scientific Applications group will give an overview of genome assembly methods for next-generation sequencing data. The…
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