May 27th, 2021 Research Tech Talk Announcements

From ERIS Scientific Computing HPCWIN4 is up and running. This is the replacement of HPCWIN2 and will be open to all users next week. A Learning Series of webinars developed by Dell for ERIS users will start with “Deep Learning Accelerators” on Jun 18th 12:00-1:30pm. Registration will open soon. New...

REDCap Survey Features and Functionality Course

REDCap Survey Features and Functionality Friday, May 28 | 10:00-11:00am | Via Zoom REDCap Representatives: Lynn Simpson, Research Data Collection Services Manager, Jeremy Alphonse, Research Data Collection Services Project Analyst, Research Information Science and Computing (RISC) Applications and...

BioRender Software Available for Purchase

BioRender licenses are offered at a discounted rate through the ERIS Research Computing Core. BioRender is a web-based application that can be used to create scientific figures, diagrams, and illustrations from a scientifically accurate image library, all in a matter of minutes. Using a simple drag...

April 29th, 2021 Research Tech Talk Announcements

New Software The ERIS Research Computing Core is now offering BioRender licenses for purchase for $185/annual/person. Researchers may order in the usual way, by logging into rcservices.partners.org. This is a web-based license, and all support questions will go to the vendor. More information is on...

Advanced RPDR Course

RPDR Advanced Class Tuesday, May 25 | 11:00am-12:00pm | Via Zoom The Research Patient Data Registry (RPDR) brings clinical information to the researcher's fingertips and ensures the security of patient information by controlling and auditing the distribution of patient data within the guidelines of...

ERISXdl Platform Open for Early Adopters

The ERISXdl ( ERIS eXtreme Deep Learning) GPU platform is opening for early adopters. The system currently includes 40 NVIDIA Tesla V100 with an aggregate of more than 200,000 CUDA cores. Several deep learning frameworks are available: Pytorch TensorFlow mxnet theano The platform supports Docker for...

NEW! COVID-19 Vaccine Registry

The COVID-19 Vaccine Registry is a secure repository of data containing vaccine administration, utilization, and adverse event information for analysis by the research community. The weekly updated registry is not only critical for new COVID-19 vaccine-related research projects but also necessary in...

REDCap eConsent Functionality

Friday, April 30 | 10:00-11:00am | Via Zoom REDCap Representatives: Lynn Simpson, Research Data Collection Services Manager, Jeremy Alphonse, Research Data Collection Services Project Analyst, Research Information Science and Computing (RISC) Applications and Services Mass General Brigham (MGB) has...

Introduction to the Biobank Portal

Friday, April 30, 2021 | 1:00-2:00pm | Via Zoom The Partners Biobank Portal is a tool that links consented subjects from the Partners Biobank with their health care data from the electronic medical record (EMR) and allows researchers to request clinical samples for these subjects. This course will...

Introduction to the Research Patient Data Registry (RPDR)

Thursday, April 29 | 11:00am-12:30pm | Via Zoom The Research Patient Data Registry (RPDR) brings clinical information to the researcher's fingertips and ensures the security of patient information by controlling and auditing the distribution of patient data within the guidelines of the IRB. This...