Difference: TmpA (1 vs. 2)

The Office of Research Computing (ORC) aims to provide a state-of-the-art Information Technology platform for all scientific information technology including the acquisition, storage, processing and analysis of data at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Associated tasks range from the evaluation, selection and implementation of new computing resources (both hardware and software) to programming, scripting and pipelining of algorithms, as well as the installation, and configuration of software.

ORC collaborates with other entities inside Einstein that both use and deliver information technology services to support the research infrastructural IT. Areas of special focus include supporting investigators special requirements for data collection, storage, security, retrieval, distribution, integration, and visualization. ORC helps coordinate investments in hardware and provides more comprehensive support for IT-intensive researchers. We intend to optimize systems, connectivity and minimize redundancy through continued integration of research data, applications, and processes.

Strategic Objectives:

1. Create a new computer infrastructure in the Van Etten Data Center that support Einstein’s research.
2. Enhance the network capability throughout the Einstein campus, allowing reliable and fast access to data.
3. Enable secure storage, retrieval, distribution and sharing of research data.
4. Help expand and maximize the usage of tools for processing and analyzing research data.
5. Coordinate the licensing of critical software that impact a significant number of laboratories.