Development of a Computing Infrastructure for Political and Social Science Research

在国家科学基金会的支持下，加州大学河滨分校将为政治科学和社会学系开发一个网络计算基础设施。这将包括：为所有用户提供远程登录服务的中央Unix机器以及数据存储设施；两个快速工作站，为处理大型数据集或计算密集型问题的用户提供处理能力；16台基于Pentium的机器和各种其他pc将作为X-Windows终端。现有的几台机器将升级为具有X-Windows功能，所有机器都将通过大学的以太网连接。服务器和工作站将通过SAS、SPSS和Gauss运行各种统计软件，这些将为数据分析提供主要工具。该系统将由教师和研究生使用，并服务于研究和培训目的。将进行的项目包括分析：国会唱名数据、最高法院意见数据、不同最大似然估计器在多候选人选举中对选民所面临的选择问题的表现、社会过程模型的模拟、墨西哥政治和洛杉矶服装制造业的社会学。目前社会学系和政治学系的研究受到计算机的限制。这项裁决将弥补这种情况。

Hanneman With National Science Foundation support, the University of California, Riverside, will develop a networked computing infrastructure for the departments of political science and sociology. This will consist of: a central Unix machine providing remote-login service for all users as well as data-storage facilities; two fast workstations providing processing power for users working on large data sets or computationally intensive problems; 16 Pentium based machines and various other PCs which will serve as X-Windows terminals. Several existing machines will be upgraded to have X-Windows capability and all will be connected via the University's ethernet. The server and workstations will run a variety of statistical software through SAS, SPSS and Gauss and these will provide primary tools for data analysis. This system will be used by both faculty and graduate students and serve both research and training purposes. Projects to be conducted involve analyses of: congressional roll-call data, data on Supreme Court opinions, the performance of different maximum- likelihood estimators on the choice problems faced by voters in multiple-candidate elections, simulation of models of social processes, Mexican politics, and the sociology of garment manufacturing in Los Angeles. Currently the research in the departments of sociology and political science is constrained by computer limitations. This award will remedy that situation.