DREAM Lab 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 DREAM Lab' are only in available in the physical lab. Please email us at dreamlab@library.ucsb.edu with any questions.
Software versions last updated September 2024.
Hardware:
Our 10 DREAM Lab workstations are outfitted as follows:
- 11th Gen Intel® Core(TM) processors (2.5GHz, 8 total cores)
- 64 GB RAM
- 1TB Solid State Drive
- 32" 4K displays (3840x2160) on 9 workstations
Software:
Specialized software available in the physical DREAM Lab 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 |
2023 |
Illustrator, PhotoShop, etc. |
Limited to staff/faculty. Information on Personal edu licenses. |
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Agisoft Metashape |
2.1.3 |
3d modelling. Create 3d model from photographs |
not available remotely, only in DREAM Lab |
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Blender |
4.3 |
3d modelling. Game design. Environment modeling |
Free, open source at Blender download |
| Unreal Engine |
5.1 | 3d modeling and VR design | Free |
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Rhino |
8 | 3d modeling | |
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GeoSpatial |
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ArcGIS Pro |
3.3 |
geographic/spatial analysis and mapping |
Available to all UCSB Affiliates at |
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QGIS |
3.34 |
geographic/spatial analysis and mapping |
Free, open source at QGIS download |
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Google Earth Pro |
7.3.6 |
geographic visualization |
Free, open source at Google Earth |
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Qualitative Analysis |
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MAXQDA |
2022.2 |
qualitative data analysis |
This software is available onsite in the DREAM Lab and limited quantities via specialty software request. or educational licensing/pricing available at MAXQDA Student License |
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NVivo |
14/15 |
qualitative data organization and analysis. Twitter harvest |
This software is available onsite in the DREAM Lab and in limited quantities via specialty software request. |
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Financial Data |
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Datastream for Eikon |
4 |
historical financial data (Excel add-in) |
This software is available onsite in the DREAM Lab and limited quantities via specialty software request. |
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Eikon |
4.1 |
historical financial data |
This software is available onsite in the DREAM Lab and limited quantities via specialty software request. |
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Utilities |
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StatTransfer |
17 |
Data conversion utility |
Student pricing available at Student StatTransfer |
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Git (Bash) |
2.8 |
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 |
3.6.1 |
data cleaning and transformation |
Free, open source: https://openrefine.org/ |
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Quantitative Analysis |
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Python (64-bit) |
3.11 |
Statistical programming |
Free, open source at Python Downloads |
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Python w/Anaconda Package Manager |
2023.09.01 (Python v.3.11) |
*Our current version is for Python 3.11 |
Free, open source at Anaconda Distribution |
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R / Rstudio |
2024.06 |
statistical programming environment |
Free, open source at Rstudio Products |
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SPSS |
28 |
statistical data analysis |
Available to all UCSB Affiliates at UCSB - SPSS License Request |
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Matlab |
R2024b |
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 |
13 |
technical computing |
Available to all UCSB Affiliates at: Mathematica Student License Information |
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EViews |
15.0.0.0 |
econometric analysis |
Reduced student pricing available at: Eviews 12 University Edition |
| *Version numbers may change incrementally during the quarter, but we generally try to avoid doing major upgrades. |
The DREAM team is interested in supporting current research and teaching throughout campus. Suggestions for additional software are welcome from UCSB affiliates.
Oversize Displays
The DREAM Lab has three 85" 4K (3840x2160) displays and one projector. Researchers working from DREAM Lab workstations can project their work onto any of these displays. Devices can also be wirelessly connected to the monitors using the Clickshare. See DREAM Lab staff for assistance with showing work on these displays.
