CORE--COMPUTER AND MEDIA/GRAPHICS

计算机核心的功能是支持MRRC的计算需求 更广泛的信息技术(IT)支持框架内的教职员工和学生 由大学、医学院和NPI提供。提供的支持包括硬件 台式机和笔记本电脑的软件支持，专用计算机的支持 受控研究设备，如激光共聚焦显微镜、激光捕获 显微镜系统、数码相机和摄像机以及电生理数据采集 设备。在设计和开发研究数据库和网站方面提供了援助 网站。维护网络服务器，用于数据存储、共享打印机控制和网站托管 以及MRRC教职员工和其他机构同事之间的文件传输。 加州大学洛杉矶分校和医学院的计算支持的一般模型是 分布式系统。此模式允许对本地问题做出快速响应，并有可能 有熟悉人民和研究项目的支持人员在其 同时为他们提供更广泛的IT资源 社区。本地社区和更广泛社区之间的接口是计算支持 MRRC协调员(CSC，Dorwin Birt)。医学院的定期会议 持有计算支持协调员(SOM CSC)以使各个CSC保持最新 当前的网络和安全政策，讨论相互之间的问题，制定总体政策，并 随时向当地部门或单位通报这些政策和问题的最新情况。MRRC Computer Core参加了这些会议。 宗旨和目标 通信核心的媒体/图形部分的目标是提供 在编制其科学数据以供提交方面，该研究中心的成员得到了协助。 这项服务包括将原始数据转换为图形表示和制作 包括插图、照片、幻灯片、海报以及数字演示文稿和印刷品。这项服务是 既省钱又方便。我们估计，在过去一年中，媒体/图形 与相同的服务相比，MRRC调查人员实现了约50%的节省 将花费在加州大学洛杉矶分校医疗中心的摄影服务部。外界的收费 类似服务的供应商要高出3-4倍。

The functions of the Computer Core are to support the computing needs of the MRRC faculty, staff, and students within the broader framework of information technology (IT) support by the University, the School of Medicine and the NPI. The support provided includes hardware and software support for desktop and laptop computers, support for specialized computer controlled research equipment such as laser confocal microscopes, the laser capture microscope system, digital still and video cameras, and electrophysiological data acquisition devices. Assistance is provided in the design and development of research databases and web sites. Network servers are maintained for data storage, shared printer control, web site hosting and file transfer between MRRC faculty and colleagues at other institutions. The general model of computing support at UCLA and at the School of Medicine is of a distributed system. This model allows for rapid response to local issues and the possibility of having support personnel who are familiar with the people and the research programs in their area while at the same time having available to them the greater resources of the wider IT community. The interface between the local and broader community is the computing support coordinator (CSC, Dorwin Birt) for the MRRC. Regular meetings of the School of Medicine Computing Support Coordinators (SOM CSCs) are held to keep individual CSCs up to date on current network and security policies, to discuss mutual problems, to set general policies and to keep their local departments or units updated on these policies and issues. The MRRC Computer Core participates in these meetings. Purpose and Objectives The objectives of the Media/Graphics portion of the Communications Core are to provide members of the MRRC with assistance in preparation of their scientific data for presentation. This service includes conversion of raw data into graphic representations as well as production of illustrations, photographs, slides, posters, and digital presentations and prints. The service is both cost-efficient and convenient. We estimate that during the last year Media/Graphics realized a savings of approximately 50% to MRRC investigators over what the same services would have cost at Photographic Services in the UCLA Medical Center. Charges among outside vendors for similar services are 3-4 times higher.