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Research Computing and Data Services

Case Studies

Collaboration and Impact

Supporting the computational and technology needs of Northwestern researchers through consultation, training, grant writing assistance, visualization services, and more.

We support Northwestern researchers across all disciplines and schools. Read about our past work in our research case studies. If you have collaborated with RCDS and would like to be a featured case study, please email IT Communications for consideration.

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Powering a Codeathon for Researcher Collaboration

Feinberg School of Medicine researchers leverage high performance computing and research computing consultations to host an in-person codeathon.  

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Research Continuity for Incoming Faculty

An incoming faculty member partnered with data management consultants to ensure research continuity. 

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Advancing Prostate Cancer Research with Data Science Workshops

New faculty leverages attends coding workshops to advance prostate cancer research.
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Breaking New Ground in the Social Sciences

The Life-Span Development Laboratory collaborated with data science consultants to create a custom R-Shiny data analysis and visualization app.

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Advancing a Free Preventive Care Tool

Dr. Amir Borhani worked with research computing consultants to maximize and accelerate Quest jobs and analyze CT scans six times faster.

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Data Science, Statistics, and Visualization Collaborative Projects

The Data Science, Statistics, and Visualization team supports various projects across disciplines. Read about some of our past projects.
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