
Research Computing and Data Services
Case Studies
Collaboration and Impact
Supporting the computational and technology needs of Northwestern researchers through consultation, training, grant writing assistance, visualization services, and more.
We support Northwestern researchers across all disciplines and schools. Read about our past work in our research case studies. If you have collaborated with RCDS and would like to be a featured case study, please email IT Communications for consideration.


Powering a Codeathon for Researcher Collaboration
Feinberg School of Medicine researchers leverage high performance computing and research computing consultations to host an in-person codeathon.

Research Continuity for Incoming Faculty
An incoming faculty member partnered with data management consultants to ensure research continuity.

Advancing Prostate Cancer Research with Data Science Workshops
New faculty member attends coding workshops to advance prostate cancer research.
Breaking New Ground in the Social Sciences
The Life-Span Development Laboratory collaborated with data science consultants to create a custom R-Shiny data analysis and visualization app.

Advancing a Free Preventive Care Tool
Dr. Amir Borhani worked with research computing consultants to maximize and accelerate Quest jobs and analyze CT scans six times faster.