Services
Statistical & Data Services
RCS provides statistical and data services to the HBS community, ranging from research design and methodological consulting to statistical programming and analysis.
Software Licensing
RCS purchases most research software used at HBS, and many licenses are provided at no cost to the HBS community.
Research Computing Facilitation
RCS staff are available to help researchers determine how to effectively leverage the research computing tools, resources, and approaches that are available today.
Statistical Resources
RCS statisticians have compiled technical notes in a series of technical papers, the RCS blog, and team member blogs.
Training
RCS is proud to offer training to HBS members and the wider academic community on a wide range of programming languages, tools, and techniques.
Research Computing Resources
RCS offers a local computing environment and platform to scale up research, access storage, and utilize databases, along with guidance on other research computing environments.
Research Computing Services (RCS) is a centralized service for faculty research computing needs with a staff of statisticians, data scientists, and experts in research computing.
Expertise on the RCS team includes such topics as advanced statistical analysis, natural language processing, machine learning, and high performance computing.
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- Advanced Statistical Analysis
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- Causal Inference
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- Data Wrangling
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- Database Hosting and Consultation
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- Experimental Design
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- Fuzzy Matching
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- High Performance Computing
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- Machine Learning
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- Missing Data
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- Natural Language Processing
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- Power Analysis
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- R Package Development
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- Research Computing Facilitation
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- Revise and Resubmit (R&R) Support
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- Simulations
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- Survey Non-Response Analysis
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- Visualizations
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- Web Scraping
We hold live demos via Zoom on the first Tuesday of each month at 2 PM. Drop in to
watch an RCS staff member demonstrate a technique, share a tip, or work through a
problem, and then stay to ask any and all questions related to research computing!
No registration required. Recordings of these demos are made available after the fact
on our live demos page.
How to Attend the Live Demos (login required)
Due to COVID-19 concerns, the RCS office will be working remotely, but we are still available to help!
Individual members of the team can be reached using the email addresses and phone
numbers on our team page. You can also contact us via Microsoft Teams and schedule meetings with us via Zoom. You can still request software, HBSGrid accounts, storage, and other resources via these
online forms. Other general requests can also be directed to research@hbs.edu or 5-6100 as usual. All training workshops and events will continue, but be held remotely until further notice.
Remote Contact: How to Reach RCS (login required)
RCS provides resources and guidance on general data management and efficiency best practices in various programming languages, along with assistance in creating databases. RCS has also compiled papers, packages, and tools that can help you with your data wrangling, web scraping, statistical analysis, and transferring data, among others.
- 21 Apr 2021
Introduction to Tableau
Online via Zoom
In this hour-long, hands-on workshop you'll use a sample dataset to create several different types of visualization using Tableau. You'll also learn how to combine graphs together to create interactive dashboards and how to create stories from the data.
- 29 Apr 2021
HBSGrid Training
Online via Zoom
This mandatory training for new HBSGrid users will cover both basic and advanced concepts and resources of the cluster.
- 04 May 2021
RCS Live Demo and Office Hours
Online via Zoom
Topic: Large Data in R
On the first Tuesday of the month, RCS presents a live demo. Drop in to watch an RCS staff member or guest demonstrate a technique, share a tip, or work through a problem!
On the first Tuesday of the month, RCS presents a live demo. Drop in to watch an RCS staff member or guest demonstrate a technique, share a tip, or work through a problem!
HBSGrid Environment Changes for 4/5/21: The April Fools! — Just Kidding Release
01 Apr 2021
April 1, 2021: Our next HBSGrid maintenance is scheduled for Monday, April 5, 8 AM–12
PM. It will likely last only a couple of hours.
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