About ResearchNow
ResearchNow is a set of Windows-based virtual machines (VM) pre-configured with a variety of common research applications that can be used for short-run "workstion level" computational tasks. These VMs are accessed by Remote Desktop, the same way you would access your Krannert office computer from remote. We will assign CPU and RAM resources based on the needs of the project and available resources. ResearchNow VMs can be reserved for up to 6 weeks at a time (For extremely long projects, we have other options. Please talk to us kcchelp@purdue.edu).
Note - Since these are temporary desktops which are erased after usage, it is expected that users store data generated in their U:, V:, W: or local computer.
Requesting ResearchNow Resources
The ResearchNow request form: https://webapps.krannert.purdue.edu/sites/ResearchHub/ResearchNowRequest
Applications
These applications are currently installed on all ResearchNow VMs:
Anaconda Python
Canopy
MATLAB
Mathematica
Minitab
Notepad++
SAS
StataMP (Up to 32 vCores)
R (R Studio, R Tools)
Python (Canopy)
VS Code
If you would like to see other applications supported in ResearchNow, please let us know - kcchelp@purdue.edu.
IMPORTANT
Currently (and this may change based on our observations), ResearchNow VMs do have general internet access by default to aid with the downloading of plugins for R, Stata, Python and such. As such, there are a few very important ground rules:
- Web scraping, data mining or similar operations executed against public websites is strictly prohibited without approval of the Dean.
- The use of software that is not explicitly licensed to Purdue is prohibited.
- The storage/processing of data that is considered "Senstive or Restricted", i.e. data that would be covered by FERPA and other statutes, or is proprietary and governed by a usage agreement, is prohibited without approval of the KCC (and in some cases the University Data Stewards). Data must be handled according to the data agreement and relevant statutes. We have facilities for dealing with such things, so talk to us early and often.
Basically, talk to us... we can help you navigate just about anything.
