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Tools

Accelerate your research with a broad range of research-specific tools and services covering data collection, analysis, management, publication, and teamwork.

General research tools

Please speak to our team at research-it-support@liverpool.ac.uk to discuss any of the below research tools or services:

REDCap

A secure web platform for building and managing online research databases and surveys. Extensive tools for rapid design and production - including iOS and Android apps - allow projects to be launch-ready within a day. Seamless data access support work in Excel or common statistical packages (SPSS, SAS, Stata, and R). Work and reports may be securely shared between research teams across institutions - all while meeting regulatory compliance. REDCap may be freely available to researchers.

Barkla cluster - applications and tools

Barkla offers researchers across science, engineering, public health, and life sciences a range of familiar, pre-installed research apps and tools, including:

  • Data science, machine learning: Anaconda, cuDNN, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow
  • Materials science: ASE, CASTEP, DFTB+, ESPResSomd, Fluent, Gaussian, GROMACS, LAMMPS, QuantumESPRESSO, VASP, Wannier90m
  • Language-specific: clang, Cython, MATLAB, Python, R
  • Performance optimisation: CUDA, NetCDF, OpenBLAS.

Please speak to the High Performance Computing (HPC) team to discuss installation of other software.