Major Expansion of SSCC’s Computing Resources We are thrilled to announce that the SSCC will soon be able to more than triple the amount of computing power available to SSCC researchers, thanks to a Research Core Revitalization Program grant from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education and additional funding from …
Summer and Early Fall Training The SSCC’s summer training is well underway, but we still have upcoming classes in Python, web scraping, regression and regression diagnostics taught in both Stata and R, and running big research computing jobs. Visit the training page for details and to register. Then in late August, just before the fall semester begins, …
Introducing Slurm We are very excited to announce the launch of a pilot Slurm cluster at the SSCC. Slurm (Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management) is a powerful system for managing and scheduling computing jobs that is very popular at large-scale research computing centers. The SSCC is currently running a pilot with a small Slurm …
Winter Tech Update The SSCC implemented our Winter Tech update on 1/8/2022. Alongside the usual updates for all of our servers and software, we are excited to announce that the web version of Visual Studio Code (VSCode) is now available on Winstat. VSCode is a very popular editor for writing source code in many languages. …
Paul Boyer Leaving the SSCC We’re sad to announce that Paul Boyer, who has served the SSCC as one of our PC Support staff, is leaving at the end of November. Paul is taking the next step in his career by joining his alma mater, the Wisconsin School of Business, as a Windows System Administrator. …
Welcome, New Members! We want to extend a warm welcome to all the new members of the Social Science Computing Cooperative, whether you’re a new faculty member, staff member, or graduate student who will use our resources for research, or an undergraduate taking a class that uses SSCC resources. What is the SSCC? The SSCC …
Fall Training SSCC Summer Tech Update Caitlin Tefft Leaving the SSCC Future of the Help Desk Using Linstat From Home? Consider Connecting from Winstat UW–Madison Joins Dryad Fall Training SSCC’s statistical consultants are excited to be teaching in person again this fall and we have a full slate of workshops scheduled. Most are targeted at …
Upcoming Training Stata 17 Released! Cybersecurity Training for All Faculty and Staff Blackboard Collaborate No Longer Available After 06/30/21 Upcoming Training We’ve seen a substantial decrease in the number of students taking SSCC’s training during the COVID-19 pandemic. We get it: a person can only take so much Zoom. But we’re also seeing a corresponding …