The following services at the University of Sheffield offer support that may be beneficial to DSN members:
With cloud computing, you can spin up virtual machines of any size with both Windows and Ubuntu pre-packaged machine images, access powerful GPU resources, and create high security storage as required. https://students.sheffield.ac.uk/it-services/research/cloud-computing
The Data Analysis Service are a team of data scientists, data engineers and statisticians who can help to bridge skill gaps in your research team. They offer one-to-one consultations and training in a range of core skills and programming, as well as opportunities to collaborate by costing a team member into your research grant. https://students.sheffield.ac.uk/it-services/research/data-analysis-support
Data connect is a service that assists researchers to access and make the most of health and social care data. It offers a full suite of support services throughout the research lifecycle - including technical, legal and contractual governance. In terms of access to data, the service offers a secure, single point of access to sensitive data held in its accredited, cloud-based, Secure Data Environment. https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/data-connect
The data protection hub pages provide signposting to a range of important resources, including guidance on Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), the data breach reporting process, and relevant data protection policy information. https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/govern/data-protection
Building community around data visualisation at the University of Sheffield. https://dataviz.shef.ac.uk/
IT Services provide free High-Performance Computing (HPC) facilities to research students and all staff at the University. Find out about the facilities, how to gain access and security considerations to bear in mind. https://students.sheffield.ac.uk/it-services/research/hpc-facilities
Guidance on data management planning, good practice in data management to facilitate reproducibility, and how to prepare data for sharing via a repository. Training is provided for staff (including doctoral supervisors) and postgraduate researchers, and bespoke training for specific groups can be arranged on request. https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/research-data-management
The Research IT hub pages contain signposting to a range of useful pages, including information about cloud computing for research. https://students.sheffield.ac.uk/it-services/research
The Research Software Engineering team collaborate with researchers across the University and can provide training on creating and managing research software, guidance on code clinics, and sustained support when costed into a project. They operate a dedicated training programme on making research software Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable. https://rse.shef.ac.uk/
Guidance on research storage from IT Services. https://students.sheffield.ac.uk/it-services/research/storage
Located in Western Bank Library, the SafePod at The University of Sheffield is a safe setting allowing researchers to access sensitive datasets. SafePods operate under standardised policies and procedures and provide accredited researchers with access to their project datasets from Data Centres that join the SPN. https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/research-data-management/safepod
The Secure Data Service provides a powerful cloud computing platform for members of the University, where sensitive data can be processed safely and securely. The service is paid for by the University and free at the point of use for researchers. https://students.sheffield.ac.uk/it-services/research/secure-data-service