Carolina Population Center Research Services Core

项目总结/摘要 研究服务核心将促进中心在人口科学方面的研究 通过提供最先进的统计、技术和方法专门知识， 先进、多功能和强大的计算环境，并能获得专业的 具有一系列不同技能的工作人员，有助于生产，分析和 传播数据。一个成功的研究服务核心将直接有助于 该研究基础设施计划的总体目标是通过支持识别， 在人群中测试、采用和传播新的方法和手段 科学和管理一组专业的IT和编程人员， 研究员有可能接受新的挑战，并有信心， 一个成熟的组织良好的专业团队是他们的后盾。具体 研究服务核心的活动包括提供信息技术环境， 支持高性能计算、专用软件和安全计算 环境;支持原始数据的收集，辅助数据的获取， 和管理大型和复杂的数据;和编程支持， 维护和加强CPC的数据门户，以安全和方便地传播数据 我们收集。此外，该核心为研究人员提供了统计， 研究设计和方法咨询，并将确定和主流创新 在特定项目开发研究中， 教师。核心高度重视为初级教师提供服务，因为 在这一职业阶段的援助可能是至关重要的。该中心提供初级教师和 早期研究者可以完全获得研究服务的支持， 和单位主任与这些教师密切合作。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The Research Services Core will advance the Center's research in population science by providing state-of-the-art statistical, technical and methodological expertise, a sophisticated, versatile and robust computing environment, and access to professional staff with a range of different skills that contribute to the production, analysis and dissemination of data. A successful Research Services core will contribute directly to the overall aims of this research infrastructure program by supporting identification, testing, adoption, and diffusion of new approaches and methods in the population sciences and by managing a group of professional IT and programming staff who make it possible for Fellows to take on new challenges with the confidence that a sophisticated well-organized and professional team is backing them up. Specific activities of the Research Services Core include provision of an IT environment that supports high performance computing, specialized software, and a secure computing environment; supporting the collection of primary data, acquisition of secondary data, and management of large and complex data; and programming support, and maintaining and enhancing CPC's data portal for safe and easy dissemination of data we collect. Additionally, this Core provides researchers with access to statistical, research design, and methods consulting and will identify and mainstream innovations in research developed by specific projects so that they are broadly available to other faculty. The core places a high priority on providing services to junior faculty because assistance at this career stage can be crucial. The center provides junior faculty and Early Stage Investigators with full access to Research Services support, and the Core and unit directors work closely with these faculty.