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Put it in a container — software is easy to transport and run
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Put it in a container — software is easy to transport and run
We have sung the praises of software containerization for some time now, with a couple of well attended events on...
Putting new Spark in research computing
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Putting new Spark in research computing
Beginning last year, Duke OIT’s Mark McCahill started working with Apache Spark as a resource for students in the Statistical...
Have Sensitive Data? Got Protected Network?
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Have Sensitive Data? Got Protected Network?
Are you thinking about undertaking research that requires special handling of sensitive or restricted data? Data of all types —...
Data management as a practice
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Data management as a practice
Fourth in a series on data management Mara Sedlins, PhD, is a CLIR fellow working on data management practices in...
Minute Marvels
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Minute Marvels
Minute Marvels are really short videos depicting scholarship that Duke researchers have conducted with Duke Research Computing resources. We’ll post...
Crowdsourcing a Virtual Duke Chapel
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Crowdsourcing a Virtual Duke Chapel
Students, architectural historians use chapel to turn 2D photos into 3D models by Kara Manke Since re-opening on May...
Standards, standards everywhere
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Standards, standards everywhere
Third in a series on data management. Anyone who has traveled internationally for business knows that standards are important....
The Evolution of Evidence
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The Evolution of Evidence
First, a special thanks to Mark DeLong for many fruitful discussions on data management. This post grows out of a...
Order by data management
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Order by data management
Vignette A — Ordering books by color and size 1. A patron at a library seeks help finding a book:...