Integrated Data Labs

VTTI has two 600 sq ft High Security Data Reduction laboratories that, when fully populated, will have 32 data reduction machines. The labs are connected to an isolated network, which provide inaccessibility to the outside world, and all network connections are high-speed Gigabit Ethernet. The labs are also physically secured and monitored while in use. The workstations have been secured by disabling all USB ports and CD drives from exporting data.

Information Technology Group

The Information Technology Group (ITG) set up the data reduction labs and is responsible for maintaining and providing security for the labs. Access to the data reduction labs can only be granted by IT with the permission of the data reduction manager.

Data Services

Once data has been uploaded to VTTI servers, Data Services facilitates researchers in viewing and maintaining their data sets. Data reductionists use a data viewer, which was developed in-house, to reduce data. The data viewer supports the synchronizing of video and performance data.

Data reductionists undergo a rigorous training process before they are allowed to reduce data. Reduction tasks are limited to 20 hours per week per person due to the computer intensive nature of the tasks. A series of testing protocols are also in place to ensure that data reduction is consistent both between reductionists and within a single reductionist over time.