Scientific Computing [1]

The NCEAS Scientific Computing website is an actively maintained repository of links to environmental data sources [2], scientific software [3], learning resources [4], and other documents [5] of special interest to ecologists engaged in data management and analysis. For a better understanding of our approach and philosophy, you can read more about NCEAS Scientific Computing [6], or view the brief overview presentation [7] given to incoming NCEAS associates.

In addition to this site, NCEAS makes a broad array of scientific computing resources available to all NCEAS associates during the time of their involvement with the Center. These include:

• Scientific computing staff [8] who are available for consultation on computing and ecoinformatics issues
• NCEAS-supported hardware and software [9], including powerful desktops, laptops, multi-processor servers, and an array of scientific software packages [3]
• Virtual collaboration services and tools [10] to support interactions among distributed scientific teams
• Ecoinformatics software tools [11] for creating and managing ecological metadata
• NCEAS Data Repository [12] of NCEAS-related scientific datasets and metadata

We also maintain a separate NCEAS Computing Services Knowledge Base [13] with more general computing and tech support information. Feel free to help [at] nceas [dot] ucsb [dot] edu (email us) if you have any questions or help requests.