Collaboratory software applications and workstations
Many of our software applications have been made available on Azure Labs cloud workstations. Azure Labs cloud workstations come with administrative privileges to install personal and open source/free software in addition to the pre-installed software.Those that are marked 'only in Collaboratory' are only in available in the physical lab. Please email us at library-collaboratory@ucsb.edu with any questions.
Software versions last updated March 2021.
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 physical Collaboratory lab (2nd Floor, Mountainside, UCSB Library) includes the following packages:
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Graphics |
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Remote Access (see Azure virtual machines) |
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Adobe Creative Cloud |
2021 |
Illustrator, PhotoShop, etc. |
Limited to staff/faculty. Information on Personal edu licenses. |
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Agisoft Metashape |
1.7.3 |
3d modelling. Create 3d model from photographs |
not available remotely, only in Collaboratory |
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Blender |
2.79.2 |
3d modelling. Game design. Environment modeling |
Free, open source at Blender download |
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Unity |
2019.2.6.f1 |
3d modelling and virtual reality game and environment design. *in the process of renewing licenses, not currently available onsite |
not available remotely, only in Collaboratory |
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GeoSpatial |
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ArcGIS Desktop Advanced |
10.8.1 |
geographic/spatial analysis and mapping | Available to all UCSB Affiliates at |
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ArcGIS Pro |
2.7 |
geographic/spatial analysis and mapping |
Available to all UCSB Affiliates at |
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QGIS |
3.20 |
geographic/spatial analysis and mapping |
Free, open source at QGIS download |
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Google Earth Pro |
7.3.2 |
geographic visualization |
Free, open source at Google Earth |
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Qualitative Analysis |
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MAXQDA |
2020 |
qualitative data analysis |
please request remote access by emailing collaboratory@library.ucsb.edu or educational licensing/pricing available at MAXQDA Student License |
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NVivo |
1 |
qualitative data organization and analysis. Twitter harvest |
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Financial Data |
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Datastream for Eikon |
4 |
historical financial data (Excel add-in) |
please request remote access by emailing collaboratory@library.ucsb.edu |
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Eikon |
4.0.45 |
historical financial data |
please request remote access by emailing collaboratory@library.ucsb.edu |
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Utilities |
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StatTransfer |
15. |
Data conversion utility |
Student pricing available at Student StatTransfer |
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Git (Bash) |
2.32 |
version control |
Free, open source at Git Download |
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JQ |
1.5 |
parse JSON data from command-line |
Free, github: https://stedolan.github.io/jq/ |
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PuTTY |
0.71 |
SSH client |
Free, open source: https://www.putty.org/ |
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OpenRefine |
3.4.1 |
data cleaning and transformation |
Free, open source: https://openrefine.org/ |
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Quantitative Analysis |
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Python (64-bit) |
3.7 |
*2.7 is no longer available, we are in the midst of updating to Python 3 |
Free, open source at Python Downloads |
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Python w/Anaconda Package Manager |
3.1.1 (Python v.3.7.14) |
*Our current version is for Python 3.7 |
Free, open source at Anaconda Distribution |
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Twarc |
1.3.8 |
python application to harvest twitter streams |
Free, open source, github:https://github.com/DocNow/twarc |
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R / Rstudio |
1.4.17 |
statistical programming environment |
Free, open source at Rstudio Products |
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SPSS |
28 |
statistcal data analysis |
Available to all UCSB Affiliates at UCSB - SPSS License Request |
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Matlab |
R2019b |
statistical programming environment |
UCSB Affiliates only. Student licenses at Mathworks |
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STATA |
17.0 |
statistical programming environment |
Student pricing available at Stata short-term and student licensing |
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SAS |
9.4 |
statistical programming environment |
Reduced pricing and free versions available at SAS Academic Programs |
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Mathematica |
11.3.0.0 |
technical computing |
Available to all UCSB Affiliates at: Mathematica Student License Information |
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EViews |
12.0.0.0 |
econometric analysis |
Reduced student pricing available at: Eviews 11 University Edition |
| *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 Clickshare. See Collaboratory staff for assistance with showing work on these displays.
