Our compute grid GUI login environment can be tricky to navigate, especially if you're unfamiliar with Linux. We've compiled some tips to help guide you through the GNOME interface, which underwent a major facelift when we upgraded the compute grid operating system. To learn how to change your screen size, manage your preferences, and more, check out this document.

This month's tip is by our Research Database Analyst, Christine Rivera:

We have come across a useful API, NamSor, to classify personal names by gender, country of origin, or ethnicity. NamSor (https://www.namsor.com/) covers all languages, alphabets, countries, and regions. For example, the API can classify the gender of Indian names in scripts such as Telugu, Oriya, Gurmukhi, Malayalam...

We are excited to annnounce that we are in the process of installing some additional software on the grid to make the environment more research-friendly. This will include: 

• PDF viewers, such as xPDF and Evince 
• GitKraken, a Git GUI for version control
• Atom, a lightweight, full-featured text editor

If you have suggestions/requests for other types of software, please send us an email at research@hbs....

Based on both research computing trends and recommendations from the HBS research computing environment assessment, RCS in partnership with HBS launched the Grid 2.5 last December. This new compute grid provides a number of updates and enhancements that improve compute capacity with fewer restrictions, increased work safeguards, and both GUI and command-line programs to increase research capabilities for programming, statistics, and research data management.

How could you benefit from using the compute grid?

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