Computational Resources at UChicago

The staff of the Forum for Digital Culture support faculty research via the CORPUS research data service and in other ways. Additional computational resources in other units of the University of Chicago are listed below.

ARTFL

The long-running ARTFL Project (American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language) and associated Textual Optics Lab are co-located with the Forum for Digital Culture at 5720 South Woodlawn Avenue. ARTFL supports humanities research using its PhiloLogic platform. ARTFL personnel also teach Digital Studies courses.

Arts & Humanities IT Support

AHD IT provides technology services, user support, and computing resources to meet the academic and administrative needs of the Division of the Arts & Humanities. Its staff provide desktop support for the departments and centers of the Division.

Center for Digital Scholarship

The Center for Digital Scholarship is located in the Joseph Regenstein Library. Its staff assist faculty and students to find existing digital resources and to create new ones by digitizing paper documents.

Center for Spatial Data Science

The Center for Spatial Data Science in the Division of the Social Sciences develops state-of-the-art methods for geospatial analysis; implements them through open-source software tools; applies them to policy-relevant research in the social sciences; and disseminates them through education and support to a growing worldwide community of spatial analysts.

CHIME Studios

The CHIME Studios (Chicago Integrated Media Experimental Studios) in the Department of Music is a vital creative space for electronic music and its integration with other media.

Computer Science Instructional Laboratory

The Computer Science Instructional Laboratory is located in the John Crerar Library. It provides students, faculty, and university affiliates with a variety of computing services ranging from hardware support to computer software and mini-course lessons.

Digital Library Development Center

The Digital Library Development Center is located in the Joseph Regenstein Library. It works with the Library staff and others on campus to enable discovery of the Library’s information resources, build digital collections, and ensure their persistence and usability over time.

Digital Media Workshop

The Digital Media Workshop is open to students and faculty interested in digital media in the Division of the Arts & Humanities, the Division of the Social Sciences, and the Physical Sciences Division at the University of Chicago. Presentations and discussions in this workshop span theoretical scholarship, scientific inquiry, and artistic practice, making it a highly interdisciplinary site for engaging the political, aesthetic, social, cultural, and technical dimensions of digital media across their many formats.

Information Technology Services

Information Technology Services is the central organization that manages the University of Chicago’s network, email, websites, and many other IT systems and services.

Karen Landahl Center for Linguistics Research

The Karen Landahl Center for Linguistics Research in the Department of Linguistics offers state-of-the-art facilities that provide a convenient meeting place for faculty, students, and research associates interested in the nature of language. It is home to various research and teaching laboratories and is located in the Social Sciences Research Building.

Logan Media Center

The Jonathan Logan Family Foundation Media Center is located in the Logan Center for the Arts and supports the arts at the University of Chicago by providing A/V equipment, production space, software, and technical training.

Media Arts, Data, and Design Center

The Media Arts, Data, and Design Center is a 20,000-square-foot collaborative space for inquiry and experimentation on the ground floor of the John Crerar Library. It supports research and design activities by faculty, students, staff, and community partners using cutting-edge technology. Within this center are the Hack Arts Lab, an open-access digital fabrication, prototyping, and visualization facility, and the Weston Game Lab, which offers resources for the study, play, and development of analog, electronic, virtual, and online games.

Online Language Archive

The Online Language Archive in the Joseph Regenstein Library holds some 2,100 language collections across 270 languages. Many of these collections are freely available for research use and others can be made available by arrangement.

Research Computing Center

The Research Computing Center provides resources and training for high-performance computing, data storage, and data visualization. The Kathleen A. Zar Room on the ground floor of the John Crerar Library houses the Research Computing Center’s Data Visualization Lab, which provides advanced data visualization technology, instructional sessions, symposiums, and workshops.

Visual Resources Center

The Visual Resources Center in the Department of Art History provides imaging support for students and instructors in the Division of the Arts & Humanities. It facilitates the classroom use of art historical tools and materials, including  high-quality images.