The CRC Can Help!

CRC's services and the many ways to request a consultation, including help requests, office hours, and calendar bookings.

The Center for Research Computing (CRC) is here to support your research computing needs, providing shared facilities and services for computing, visualization, data storage, and networking.

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Consulting and Help

To request help, ask a question, or schedule a consultation, you may contact us in several ways.

Office Hours

We hold in-person office hours every Tuesday from 10am - 2pm in Mudd 101A.  (Also listed on the Rice Events calendar.)

Please note: TSS (formerly OIT) and the CRC will be moving out of Mudd to a new building in June, 2026.  The CRC office hours will continue after that, but we don’t yet know exactly where they will be held.  Stay tuned - we’ll let you know once we know.

Stop by to ask any questions you have regarding Rice's Research Computing resources and/or the services offered by the CRC.  We cover topics such as running jobs on our compute clusters, setting up virtual machines on ORION, handling large and/or sensitive datasets, visualizing data, research software, and many others.  See also our services.

New for Spring 2026:  You're also welcome to stop by the Research Data & AI Office Hours, offered on Wednesdays and Thursdays.  There, members of the CRC work with our partners in Fondren Library to help answer questions related to research computing, AI/ML (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning), data management, and digital scholarship.

Help Request

Submit a request and we'll get back to you via email as soon as possible.

Book a Meeting

You can schedule a personal consultation (via Zoom or in-person) by visiting one of our booking pages:


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