Services

SSCF provides a broad array of services to people in the various Social Sciences departments and research units. Most basic services are provided free of charge, though some SSCF staff members are directly funded on research projects where more complex work is required.

We provide data storage for business offices and research, including 5tb of free backed-up file storage for each faculty member.

We operate a compute cluster which is freely available to all Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities affiliates.

We provision virtual machines to host business and research applications.

We provide advice on IT infrastructure for research (both proposed and funded) and data handling sign-offs with IRB and funding agencies.

We provide desktop support for faculty, staff, and graduate students.

We provide purchasing advice to all affiliates, and we pay for and provide desktop and laptop computers to business office staff.

We provide security support and consulting for all students, faculty, and staff affiliated with the school.