Computing Resources

 WORK IN PROGRESS 

Computing and information technology is managed separate from the Economics Department, with services provided by various centralized units or labs.  The following provides a guide to computing services, as well as the appropriate email and/or contact.  

Desktop Support (hardware, software, active directory, file sharing support) 

      Campus Shared Services provides Desktop support

• I need help with my computer? (including printers)

• I need to order a computer?  (desktop or laptop)

• I have a question about an application?  

1. BearBuy
2. BFS/BAIRS
3. Cal Answers
4. CalPlanning
5. CalTime
6. Adobe 
7. MS Office 
8. bConnected (Box, bCal, bMail, bDrive)
9. Campus wireless network

• I have a quesiton about active directory and file sharing? 
  • CSS IT manages server permissions, active directory file groups, and group printers access.  Please see contact information below. 

You can reach CSS IT in the following ways:

• Call us at (510) 664-9000, option 1
• E-mail us at itcsshelp@berkeley.edu (recommended)
• Submit a ticket.
• CSS IT Supervisor for Evan's Hall:  Luke Nucum

• I have a question about printing using my personal system?
  • Instructions for adding EML (616 Evans) printers
  • ​LSIT manages group printers access. Please contact LSIT@berkeley.edu for support on these issues. 

Faculty and PhD Student Research Computing

Econometrics Laboratory (EML)  (Econ Faculty and PhD Student Computing)

• Econometrics Laboratory, EML is a Unix-based scientific computational facility dedicated to computationally intensive econometrics and statistics. EML is located in 614 and 616 Evans Hall
  • ​List of Services, desktop support, network and security, consulting, data, etc. 
  • Hardware
  • Software
  • Accounts

• Quick Links
  
  • Getting an EML account
  • Remote Access to EML Servers

You can reach EML in the following ways:

• Rowilma Balza del Castillo, EML Manager
• 643 Evans (642-0619)
• rowilma@econ.berkeley.edu  (recommended)

Web Services

You can reach Web Services in the following ways:

• Rowilma Balza del Castillo, EML Manager
• 643 Evans (642-0619)
• rowilma@econ.berkeley.edu  (recommended)

Non-departmental facilities of particular interest to economists

• XLab (Experimental Social Science Laboratory), a mobile Wintel facility for computer-based experiments.
• Although not a computing resource, many electronic databases are available via the Thomas J. Long Business and Economics Library.