Social Sciences Computing Cluster (SSCC)
Northwestern's Social Sciences Computing Cluster
The SSCC provides an advanced computational capability,
a rich suite of statistical software applications, and a centrally-managed
data storage service — all to support the research activities of
Northwestern social scientists.
Services available from the SSCC include the following:
-compute access to 88 AMD Opteron CPU cores, each running
at 2.8Ghz. There are 4 GB of memory for each CPU core. The batch cluster
can run up to 80 single-CPU jobs simultaneously;
-an interactive Linux command-line work environment;
-a software suite consisting of many statistical applications.
See Statistical
Software;
-3.7 Terabytes for disk storage of datasets (which will
be expanded as needed).
Recurring funding for the SSCC has been provided by NU's
Office of the President, by the WCAS Dean, by the Kellogg Dean, and by
NU Information Technology.
Accounts on the SSCC are available at no charge to Northwestern
social sciences faculty researchers and to their graduate students and
research assistants.
An account application form for establishing accounts on
the SSCC is provided at the link below.
Questions about the SSCC may be directed to sscc-info@northwestern.edu.
You may also make an appointment to see Bruce Foster at
Academic Technologies' 2EAST offices in the University Library, to learn
more about the SSCC. Bruce may be reached by calling 847-491-4055, or
email to bef@northwestern.edu.
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