TDAI’s Shared Services in 172 Pomerene Hall offers one-on-one consulting with technology partners from across campus to help researchers, students, and staff explore resources and solutions for data science and analytics projects. Looking for a special data set? Interested in data visualization tools or training? Want to explore storage and computing options? Shared Services is your one-stop shop for data science and analytics services, training, and resources at the university.
Ask the Research Commons with Nicole Hernandez
2-4 p.m. Mondays
Visit Nicole for assistance with:
- Formulating research questions
- Navigating the OSU Libraries website for scholarly resources
- Structuring citations for bibliographies and works cited
- Determining “next steps” for your research project
- Referrals to subject experts and other campus services as needed
Technology Commercialization Consultations
1-3:30 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month
Visit technology commercialization staff for help with:
- protecting and commercializing intellectual property
- confidentiality, material transfer and data use agreements
- startup company creation
- patents and copyrights
- technology development funding opportunities
Amazon Web Services Consultations
1-3:30 p.m. every other Tuesday | Starting mid-Sept.
Existing Ohio State AWS account holders and faculty and staff interested in AWS can drop in for:
- Application Development / Architecture: Contextual guidance on how services fit together to meet your specific use case, workload or application, as well as directional cost estimation
- Troubleshooting: Investigation into possible causes for challenges that are arising for current projects
- Third-Party Software: Guidance, configuration and troubleshooting of AWS interoperability with many common operating systems, platforms and application stack components
- AWS Account Management and Billing: Guidance on implementing billing and account best practices so that you can focus on what matters: running your business / research initiatives
Data Visualization Help with Lee-Arng Chang
10 a.m.-12 p.m. Wednesdays
Visit Lee-Arng for assistance with:
- Finding free and publicly accessible data sets to visualize
- Identifying appropriate data visualization methods, tools, and software for your project
- Choosing appropriate visualization types based on your data
- Receiving constructive feedback on visualizations you have created
- Training for data visualization tools like Excel, Tableau, Illustrator and more
Ohio Supercomputer Center
4-5 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays; and 3-5 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays
Learn about:
- How to get started using OSC
- How to use OSC’s web portal “OnDemand”
- Software support
- Troubleshooting your jobs
GIS & Mapping Help with Josh Sadvari
12-2 p.m. Wednesdays
Visit Josh for assistance with:
- Finding, creating, and managing geospatial data sets
- Identifying appropriate GIS methods, tools and software for your project
- Designing and carrying out spatial analyses based on your research questions
- Receiving constructive feedback on maps and other geographic visualizations
- Training for a variety of GIS tools and web-based mapping platforms
Ask a Science Librarian with Danny Dotson
2-3 p.m. every second – final Thursday of each month
Visit Danny for assistance with:
- Finding articles, books, streaming media and other information sources on a research topic
- Finding instructional and “how to” materials
- Improving information literacy skills (searching for, selecting, evaluating and using information sources)
- Citing sources and answering questions about the basics of copyright and fair use
- Deep searching using advanced search tools
