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Recent posts

Globus Online transfers now available on the Social Science Gateway

We have installed the necessary software to enable Globus Online transfers to and from SSG nodes. Globus Online is a slick web-based way to leverage fast GridFTP transfers without all the technical setup.  Continue reading →

[SSG] Downtime Wednesday, 2012-05-23, 8:00AM-12:01PM

ATTENTION:  All SSG Cluster Users
DOWNTIME for:  ssg.vrdc.cornell.edu and all compute nodes

DATE:  Wednesday, 5/23/12
TIME:  8:00am – 12:00pm

The downtime will attempt to solve the performance issues with our high-performance network interfaces. All users will be logged off; ALL jobs will be killed.
This downtime does not affect the SDS.

Correction: Some QWIPU R2012Q1 metadata was erroneous

Some of the QWIPU R2012Q1 metadata – the ‘version.txt’ files in each directory – were erroneous for RH and SE tabulations. However, the actual data files seem to be valid, and have not been changed on our site. The corrected version.txt files are now in the download directories.

[SSG] Texas Census Research Data Center workshop on “Identifying Variables in Confidential Data Files”

The Texas Census Research Data Center will be conducting a workshop focussing on how working with zero-obs datasets, and how to use them efficiently to prepare proposals. The full announcement can be found on their website.

QWIPU R2012Q1 (data through 2011:2) available for download

The most recent QWIPU data for all participating LED states are available for download. The release R2012Q1 covers data through 2011:2, for 46 states and the District of Columbia, the latter being a first time addition. Missing are Louisiana (LA), Rhode Island (RI), Virginia (VA), due to data quality issues, and Massachusetts (MA), which has not yet provided data to the Census Bureau. Continue reading →

[SSG] Social Science Gateway downtime 2012-04-23

SSG DOWNTIME ANNOUNCEMENT

ATTENTION: All SSG Cluster Users
DOWNTIME for:  ssg.vrdc.cornell.edu and all compute nodes
DATE: Monday, 4/23/12
TIME: 9:00am – 11:00am
REASON: networking update
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