DoIT’s Research Cyberinfrastructure (RCI) team partners with research leadership and academic units to provide a robust, secure, and evolving infrastructure that enables the work of researchers in all disciplines and aligns with UW–Madison’s research mission and strategic priorities.
Services
Cloud Computing
Scalable, flexible, on-demand computational resources

Data storage solutions
A UW–Madison hosted secure, shareable data storage space


Electronic Lab Notebook - LabArchives
A web-based platform for collaboration and research documentation

Data Science Platform
A web-based coding environment for your computing needs + a publishing platform for research artifacts & Shiny web apps

Training and workshops
List of articles
Research Object Storage (S3): A deep dive for technical support staff (FREE and online)
Further explore Research Object Storage (S3), a new campus-hosted data storage service offering 50TB of no-cost storage to eligible researchers. This session will be geared toward technical support staff. March 6, 10am via Zoom.
Research Cyberinfrastructure Community of Practice meeting (FREE and Online)
Researchers and IT/support staff are invited to participate in this monthly community of practice, which features presentations and support related to campus research tools/services. This month: From the Notebook to the ClusterFeb 27, 1pm via Zoom.
Research Object Storage (S3): An overview for researchers & support staff (FREE and Online)
Join our virtual session and discover how this new service can significantly reduce storage costs—and enable new ways to use and distribute your data. Feb 27, 10am via Zoom.
Posit Day 2024 – Day 2
Research Cyberinfrastructure’s Data Science Platform invites you to attend Posit Day 2 A series of talks showcasing researchers, resources and strategies available to UW–Madison researchers with a Data Science Platform account. Intro to Shiny …
Intro to Shiny Apps – R focus
Intro to Shiny Apps – R Focus The first of installment of the Fall 2024 Posit Days Posit’s Ryan Johnson will review the basics of a Shiny App using the R programming Language. Next month, …
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Research related technology events
- February
- February 19Research Cyberinfrastructure (RCI) Cloud community meetingGain and share valuable cloud computing skills3:30 PM, Online
- February 27
- February 27Research Cyberinfrastructure (RCI) Community of Practice meeting (FREE and Online)Learn about tools and services to support campus research.1:00 PM, Online
- February 27
- March
- March 6
- March 19Research Bazaar Data Science Research Bazaar: AI and ML in Research: Navigating Opportunities and Boundaries9:00 AM, Discovery Building
Cross-campus partners
- Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research & Graduate Education
- Division of Information Technology (DoIT)
- UW–Madison Libraries
- Research Data Services
- Data Science Institute
- Data Science Hub
- Academic Units
- Research Centers
- Center for High Throughput Computing (CHTC)
- Campus Cloud Infrastructure (CCI)
- Data Center Hosting
Research Cyberinfrastructure consultants can help you with
Data storage, archiving, and sharing
Choosing options for your data, including data collection and computing workflows, compliance requirements, sharing with collaborators
Research systems architecture
Updating and integrating your lab or departmental infrastructure with enterprise identity management, networking, and storage and computing resources
Cloud computing services
Selecting cloud computing resources for your needs, developing cloud designs to support your data and computing requirements while optimizing costs