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Information Technology at BASC |
Richard Machida, BASC Digital Subcommittee Chairperson |
| Richard is the point of contact for the IT relationship between University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) and BASC. Please direct strategic discussions and address suggestions for the future of science supported by IT in Barrow to Richard. |
| Email: rm@alaska.edu |
| Office: 101A Butrovich Building, UAF Campus |
| Phone: +1 907 474 7102 |
| FAX: +1 907 450 8381 |
| Mobile: +1 907 460 6312 |
| Office Postal Address: 910 Yukon Drive, PO Box 755320 Fairbanks, AK 99775-5320 |
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Brad S. Heaston, Information Technology Manager |
| Email: brad.heaston@arcticscience.org |
| Mobile: +1 907 367 3836 |
| Brad is the point of contact for the daily operations of BASC Information Technology. Please direct requests for services from IT and feedback about current and expected network infrastructure, hardware and software needs to Brad. |
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Bryan D. Thomas, Senior Systems Programmer |
| Email: bryan.thomas@arcticscience.org |
| Mobile: +1 907 367 3797 |
| Bryan is the point of contact for the arcticscience.org website; the Logistics Help Form (LHF); and the specification, engineering, and development of BASC’s financial document workflow and archival and field instrument monitoring projects. |
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Both Brad and Bryan are on call to assist with Information Technology issues.
BASC IT Contact Information
Office: Room L-211, Building 360 NARL
Phone: +1 907 852 4539
FAX: +907 852 4882
Office Postal Address: PO Box 577 Barrow, AK 99723
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BASC is dedicated to facilitating scientific research in the Arctic.
The information presented here can help you get the most out of the IT resources
available. This list is not exhaustive, if you have specific needs or requests, just let us know!
On-call IT Support - Hardware and Software
- BASC's IT Manager, Brad Heaston is available 24-hrs to assist your project. Brad lives year-round in Barrow, and can be easily reached in an emergency.
- Brad Heaston carries the following certifications to assist you with your research:
- Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer - Windows 2003
- Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator
- CompTIA - A+ Certified Professional
- CompTIA - Network+ Certified Professional
High-Speed Communications
- BASC offers researchers T-1 (1.5 MB per second) communications in all laboratories, living spaces, and communal areas on the NARL campus.
- BASC offers wireless communications in all facilities, as well, utilizing Wi-Fi Standards for IEEE 802.11b and 802.11g
Up-to-Date Hardware and Software Configurations for You: In the Lab and In the Field!
- Hewlett-Packard (HP) xw4100 & xw4200 Workstations, 3.20Ghz Pentium 4 with Hyperthreading technology, 8x DVD RW, 176 GB SCSI HD, 1 GB RAM, NVIDIA Pro Video Card, USB 2 and FireWire ports. 19" LCD monitors.
- Apple G5 Workstations with dual 2.0 Ghz processors, DVD RW, 2 GB RAM, and 135 GB HD. 20" LCD monitors.
- Network storage for your projects, backed-up nightly.
- High-speed networked HP LaserJet 4300 lab printers.
- High-speed networked HP DesignJet 5500 UVPS 42" Plotter. The UV allows for vivid printing that won't fade in the bright summers.
- High-speed networked Canon Color ImageRUNNER 5180i. This color printer is also a fax machine, copier, and color networked scanner.
- Spare 19" LCD monitors -- don't ship up your monitors, we have loaners for your use!
- Managed and unmanaged switches for setting up computer labs.
- Several laptops are available for check-out, with extra batteries for extended field use.
- Digital cameras, keyboards, mice, networking cables, power cables, USB cables, Firewire cables, wireless cards, and more (like blank CDs and DVDs, diskettes...)
- Video Editing Workstation with Final Cut Pro HD and multiple line input.
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On the software side...
- All workstations have a full suite of Microsoft software, including Microsoft Office 2007 Professional and Microsoft Visio 2007 Professional, Macs having Office 2004. Microsoft Project 2007 is available upon request.
- All workstations have a full suite of Adobe software, including Adobe Creative Suite 2 Professional: Photoshop CS2, InDesign CS2, Illustrator CS2, GoLive CS2, and Acrobat 7.0 Professional.
- All workstations have ArcGIS 9.x, ENVI, IDL, SPSS, and Mathematica.
- BASC can support your custom databases. BASC prefers MS SQL 2000/2005, MySQL, or FileMaker Server for all network databases. Additionally, we have server-based Business Objects' Crystal Reports 11 for running your custom reports. Crystal Reports will link to most ODBC databases.
- BASC can also offer laptop and workstation backups utilizing VERITAS BackUp Exec. Please note, this could require the installation of software on your personal laptop.
- Mathematica
- SPSS
- IDL
- ENVI
- SciPROOF (for Microsoft Word)
BASC is an authorized charity/academic licensee of Microsoft, Macromedia, Adobe, and others. If you need software not noted on this list, feel free to contact the BASC IT Manager, Brad Heaston. In many instances, we can work with your host institution to "forward" your licenses to BASC while you work on projects in Barrow!
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