Research Computing and Data Management Resources

The University of Texas at Austin offers comprehensive research computing and data management resources for its research community. These resources are managed by several campus units, including the Information Security Office, IT Services, UT Libraries, and the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC). Some services are free, and others are provided as fee-for-service. More information about available research computing and data management resources and services can be found at the links below, or by contacting the appropriate concierge in the following table.

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Campus Research Computing and Data Management Contacts

Name	Unit	Expertise
Cam Beasley	ISO	Central IT Services Security
Michael Shensky	UT Libraries	Data Management Data Management Planning Data Preservation/Archive Data Sharing and Publication
Chris Owan	IT Services	Central IT Services Research Computation (VM) Data Storage
TACC	TACC	Research Computation (HPC) Software and Applications Data Storage Data Visualization

­Campus Research Computing and Data Management Resources

Central IT Services for UT Researchers

• Service Catalog of Central IT Services for Faculty/Staff
• Database Services
  • MySQL
  • Oracle
  • Microsoft SQL
  • Data Center Colocation
• IT Services Virtual Machine (VM) gateway
• Cloud Computing for Research

Research Computation and High Performance Computing (HPC)

• Getting started with the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC): New User Information
• TACC HPC and User Services overview (including training class information and user guides)
• Quick links to TACC HPC Systems via TACC User Guides
• TACC Jetstream2 VM resource

Software (coding, analytics, development) and Applications

• Search for software installed on TACC systems
• TACC Software User Guides

Data Security

The UT Austin Information Security Office (ISO) provides services that can benefit active research projects, all free of charge. Some of these services are provided at the central infrastructure level; others can be requested via https://forms.security.utexas.edu/engagement_requests/engagement, including:

• intrusion detection monitoring
• data exfiltration monitoring
• proactive vulnerability detection and remediation
• in-depth penetration testing of logical and physical security systems
• in-depth code reviews
• vulnerability and unit risk assessments

Data Security resources: 

• Splunk Licensing (Splunk integrates with Hadoop and other related services)
• Disaster Recovery Planning
• AMP (Advanced Malware Protection)
• Stache: Enterprise Password Sharing and Escrow
• SelfScan Vulnerability Scanning Service
• Campus information security policies, standards and guidelines (overseen by ISO)

Data Visualization

TACC data visualization resources:

• TACC Visualization Laboratory (Vislab)
• Stallion
• Maverick2
• Lonestar 6

Data Storage (storage for data that needs to be accessed or shared persistently)

• Overview of cloud storage services, comparing popular providers and their risks vs. benefits
• UTBox (unlimited data storage for UT Austin faculty and staff)
• TACC Cloud Computing resources:
  • Chameleon
• TACC Data Storage resources:
  • Corral
  • Wrangler (decommissioned)

Data Preservation and Archive

• UT Libraries Research Data Services Overview (including guidelines for data preservation and access to Texas ScholarWorks and Texas Data Repository [TDR])
• UT Libraries Research Data Services Guide
• IT Services UTBackup (Workstation data back up)
• TACC Data Archive resources:
  • Ranch (mass archival storage)

Data Sharing and Publication

• UT Libraries Scholarly Communication Services (including scholarly publishing and open access)
• Consulting/Concierge with Libraries specialists (listed by research subject)
• Texas Data Repository

Data Management and Data Management Planning

• UT Libraries Research Data Services Guide
• UT Libraries Research Data Services Overview (including data management)
• Access to DMPTool: A portal for creating data management plans that comply with research sponsor guidelines (login with UT EID and password)
• TACC Data Management resources:
  • Corral
  • Wrangler (decommissioned)
  • Consult with TACC’s Data Management & Collections Group