Research Computing

VCU's Technology Services(TS) has a variety of computer resources dedicated specifically to research, including specialized Unix and Windows servers.  The Center for the Study of Biological Complexity's (CSBC) Bioinformatics Computational Core Laboratory maintains high performance computers. These resources are available to VCU faculty, staff and graduate students. 

These central facilities are directly available to researchers in their offices, department, labs or from off campus. Security is critical for research and every effort is made to ensure the security of these machines and of the data on them.

TS also provides support services for VCU researchers, which consist of statistical consultation and database design consults, online documentation and tutorials, training in Unix and statistical software such as SAS and SPSS, reference manuals, and presentation and publication resources such as scanners, color printing and slide scanners.

TS also provides a wide variety of software critical to researchers on central servers and for individuals desktops at little or no cost through site licenses and volume purchases.