Our Services

Two Speech Bubbles

Consultations & Support

User and staff support for IT security plans, research data regulatory consulting, and optimization of research data workflows using our Computing and Storage solutions.
A Computer Screen

Computing Services

Services for research and analysis in High-Performance Computer environments.

File with a Paperclip on Top of It

Storage Services

Storage specified for high accessibility, High-Performance Computing, sharing, and the U of I Hospitals & Clinics for research data files.

Teacher Pointing at Presentation

Workshops

Register for courses taught by our staff to become acquainted with our services.

Recent News

Research Services Open Office Hours - June 2026

Monday, June 15, 2026
Argon users are invited to attend open office hours hosted by the Campus Engagement Team of Research Services. Monday, June 22, 2026 at 2:00 - 3:30 pm (Central Time).

Upcoming Change to ITS Research Services Customer Support Process

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

IDAS and Argon Outage (CLEARED)

Monday, August 26, 2024
Argon HPC Service outage has been resolved.

Upcoming Workshops

Getting started with Linux Command Line on Argon (Zoom)

Wednesday, September 16, 2026 10:00am to 11:30am
Virtual

This workshop is geared toward UI researchers who are not familiar with the Linux command line environment. It covers essential and fundamental Linux shell commands to help users develop their way to Linux mastery. This workshop will NOT cover advanced commands and shell scripts. Prior coding and Linux experience are not required. Doosoo Yoon in the ITS Research Services team will lead this workshop.

It will be lectured by Doosoo Yoon from Research Services and will include hands-on training.

The...

Introduction to High Performance Computing using Argon (Zoom)

Thursday, September 17, 2026 10:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual

The workshop is a two-hour session that consists of two parts: an introduction to a High-Performance Computing (HPC) environment and hands-on training on the basic usage of the Argon cluster (access, configuration, job submission, and data transfer). It is geared towards users of HPC, including faculty, postdocs, and students, who are eager to learn about getting started with the Argon cluster and storage services for their computational research. No prior experience or knowledge of...