Data Services Lab
The Data Services Lab, located on the 5th Floor of Bobst Library, offers software supporting computationally-intensive research available to current NYU students, faculty, and staff.
Address: 70 Washington Square South, 5th Floor Research Commons, New York, NY 10012
If you have questions about lab reservations or need help, email data.services@nyu.edu.
Computer Use Policy
Data Services Lab workstations are reserved for users needing specialized software and are not intended for general computing. Use of the Data Services lab is governed by the following guidelines:
Remote access to Data Services Workstations is prohibited. This policy is in place to ensure data security, maintain compliance with NYU regulations and standards, and protect the integrity of the workstations.
Accessibility Information
For those who use screen readers, an accessible non-table version of the reservation system is available. If you need accessibility support for the reservation system visit our accessibility services page for contact options. We are happy to help.
Data Services Computers
The Data Services lab hosts 26 workstations and 2 high performance workstations running 64-bit Windows 10 and the following list of software.
Most are reservable during our regular business hours (M-F, 12-5pm). Outside of our regular hours, all are available on a first-come first-serve basis whenever library stacks are open.
- Regular workstations have 32GB of memory and 3.8GHz 4-core CPUs.
- High performance workstations have 512GB of memory, two 3.6GHz 4-core CPUs and NVidia GP100 GPUs.
How To Reserve
- Enter your preferred date, time, and reservation length.
- Log in with your NYU NetID to complete the reservation process.
- You will receive an email confirmation.
Reservation Policies
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Reservations can only be made for use of software specific to Data Services
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Workstations can be reserved for a maximum of 3 hours a day
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Reservations are only enforced during our business hours, starting at 12pm
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For reservations on high performance workstations requiring 3+ hours please email data.services@nyu.edu at least 2 full business days prior to reservation start time.
If the reserved workstation is occupied when you arrive please notify one the consultants at the Data Services desk. Note that you may forfeit your reservation if you are more than 15 minutes late, or leave the terminal unattended for more than 15 minutes any time during your reservation period.