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About Us

About Us

  • Statistical & Data Services
  • Software Licensing
  • Research Facilitation
  • Statistical Resources
  • Areas of Expertise
  • Our Team
  • Terms of Service
Research Computing Services (RCS) is a centralized service for faculty research computing needs. Located in Baker Library | Bloomberg Center Suite B90, our staff includes statisticians, data scientists, and experts in research computing. We provide personalized guidance and support in all phases of research projects: planning, data collection, analysis, reporting, and visualization.
In addition to supporting faculty, RCS staff also provide guidance to doctoral students and Research Associates supporting faculty research. As part of the Division of Research and Faculty Development, RCS works closely with the School’s other research support services to ensure seamless delivery of research computing and data-related services.

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.

Our TeamOur Team   

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Areas of Expertise 

Expertise on the RCS team includes such topics as advanced statistical analysis, natural language processing, machine learning, and high performance computing.
  • Advanced Statistical Analysis
  • Casual Inference
  • Data Wrangling
  • Database Hosting and Administration
  • Experimental Design
  • Fuzzy Matching
  • High Performance Computing
  • Machine Learning
  • Missing Data
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Power Analysis
  • Research Computing Facilitation
  • Simulations
  • Survey Non-Response Analysis
  • Visualizations
  • Web Scraping

Live Demos 

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.
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Terms of Service 
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Generally, an active appointment or enrollment with Harvard Business School, or sponsorship by someone with an active appointment, is required for access to RCS resources. All account holders, whether Harvard affiliates or outside collaborators, agree to be held accountable by the Harvard University Electronic Access and Information Security policies

Help

How to contact us and submit online requests along with technical how-to’s and frequently asked questions.
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Baker Library, B90, 25 Harvard Way
Boston, MA 02163
Phone: 617.495.6100
Email: research@hbs.edu
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