Collaboratory workstations
Hardware:
Our 10 Collaboratory workstations are outfitted as follows:
- 2x Intel® Xeon processors (2.4GHz, 24 total cores)
- 128GB DDR4 RAM
- 1TB Solid State Drive
- 32" 4K displays (3840x2160) on 9 workstations
Software:
Specialized software available in the Collaboratory includes the following packages:
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Graphics |
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Adobe Creative Cloud |
2018 |
Illustrator, PhotoShop, etc. |
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PhotoScan |
1.4.3 |
3d modelling. Create 3d model from photographs |
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Blender |
2.79b |
3d modelling. Game design. Environment modeling |
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GeoSpatial |
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ArcGIS Desktop Advanced |
10.5.1 |
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ArcGIS Pro |
2.2.1 |
geographic/spatial analysis and mapping |
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QGIS |
2.18.23 |
geographic/spatial analysis and mapping |
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Google Earth Pro |
7.3.2 |
geographic visualization |
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Qualitative Analysis |
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MAXQDA |
18.0.0 |
qualitative data analysis |
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NVivo |
12 |
qualitative data analysis. Twitter harvest |
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Financial Data |
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Datastream for Eikon |
4 |
historical financial data (Excel add-in) |
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Eikon |
4 |
historical financial data |
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Utilities |
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StatTransfer |
14.1.1019 |
Data conversion utility |
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git |
2.18 |
version control |
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JQ |
1.5 |
parse JSON data from command-line |
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PuTTY |
0.7 |
SSH client |
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OpenRefine |
2.8 |
data cleaning and transformation |
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Quantitative Analysis |
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/ Programming |
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Python (64-bit) |
2.7.12 |
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Python Canopy environment |
1.7.4.3348 |
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Python w/Anaconda Package Manager |
5.0.1 (Python v.2.7.14) |
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Twarc |
1.3.8 |
python application to harvest twitter streams |
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R / Rstudio |
1.1.456 |
statistical programming environment |
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SPSS |
25 |
statical data analysis |
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Matlab |
R2018a |
statistical programming environment |
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STATA |
15.1 |
statistical programming environment |
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SAS |
9.4 |
statistical programming environment |
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Mathematica |
11.3.0.0 |
technical computing |
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EViews |
10.0.0.0 |
econometric analysis |
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Gephi |
0.9.2 |
network visualization and analysis |
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TransLog |
2.0.1.222 |
text production analysis |
| *Version numbers may change incrementally during the quarter, but we generally try to avoid doing major upgrades. |
The Collaboratory team is interested in supporting current research and teaching throughout campus. Suggestions for additional software are welcome from UCSB affiliates.
Oversize Displays
The Collaboratory has three 85" 4K (3840x2160) displays and one projector. Researchers working from Collaboratory workstations can project their work onto any of these displays. Devices can also be wirelessly connected to the monitors using the MirrorOp application. See Collaboratory staff for assistance with showing work on these displays.
