Welcome To The Center for Research Computing Facility

**NOTE: The RCF is in the middle of a large tech migration process that will shut down many RCF services, such as our remote storage and wifi, in favor of campus services like Google Drive and eduroam. If you are used to our old infrastructure (in house network storage, VPN, etc.), please review our documentation below for instructions on the new infrastructure.



The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at UMass provides IT Services and Support to its faculty, staff and students through the Research Computing Facility (RCF). We are located on the 15th floor of LGRT, and can be reached via e-mail at rcfsupport@groups.umass.edu. Some of the services and resources available are listed as follows:

  • A computer lab (LGRT 1585) is available for use with various available softwares.
  • We offer printing on the 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th floors.
  • We run and manage a computing cluster available to department members.

For computing support, please send requests to: rcfsupport@groups.umass.edu. In order for us to better assist you, please add the information pertinent to your issue in your help request.



RCF STAFF

Director of Computing Facilities for Teaching and Research

Alan Boulanger

Office: 1553
413-545-9642
boulanger@cns.umass.edu

Student Interns

Johnny Rasnic

Office: 1557
jrasnic@umass.edu


Jerry Obour

Office: 1557
jobour@umass.edu


Mila Lewis-Peinado

Office: 1557
mlewispeinad@umass.edu


Anabel Costa

Office: 1557
anabelcosta@umass.edu


General Guides

Below are useful links for general guides to accessing useful resources in the Math & Stats Department…


RCF Cluster Documentation

Below are useful links to using our Cluster in the Department for Research Computing.


Web Documentation

Below are useful links for setting up your personal website using resources provided by UMass and other online platforms…


User Documentation

Below are useful links to external platforms for self learning. Includes intro to HTML, intro to Latex, etc…