SURF Research Cloud portal provides various supported applications and environments, tailored to meet diverse computational and research needs. These applications are categorized into the following domains:
Operating Systems
SRC offers a variety of operating systems to support general-purpose and specialized computational workflows:
- Linux Server VMs: including SUDO-enabled options and configurations for CUDA (e.g., Rocky Linux, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04).
- Windows Servers: options with Microsoft Office (bring your own license) and CUDA for GPU tasks.
- Desktop Environments: Linux and Windows desktops optimized for development and computation, including CUDA-enabled configurations.
File Sharing and Collaboration
- Samba Client and Server: tools for Linux-based file sharing and network resource management.
Jupyter Environment
- Jupyter Notebooks: interactive computing and data analysis tools supporting CUDA for GPU tasks, Julia, MATLAB, and R-Kernel integrations.
R-Studio Environment
- R-Studio: setups for statistical computing and visualization. Options include CUDA for GPU tasks and integration with DataShield libraries for secure data analysis.
Docker Environment
- Docker environment: a catalog item used to deploy and manage containerized applications in a robust environment.
Machine Learning & AI Tools
- UbiOps
- Whisper OpenAI CUDA
Federated Learning Platforms
Support for secure, distributed machine learning workflows:
- Vantage6 Node: with and without CUDA.
- Vantage6 Server
- Linksight: Enabling privacy-preserving data analytics.
Geoscripting Platforms
Tools for geospatial scripting and analysis with flexible desktop (GNOME, XFCE) and server environments:
- Geoscripting GNOME
- Geoscripting server
- Geoscripting XFCE
Data Management Servers
Facilitate advanced data management and workflows:
- iRODS Server
- Yoda Server (v1.9)
Secure Interview Platform
Solutions for viewing and analyzing interviews containing confidential data:
- SI - Data Tap: a tool that enables an admin user of a Secure Interviews collaboration to move unencrypted interview data outside the collaboration
- SI - Media Viewer: a tool to upload media files with SFTP (e.g. Cyberduck) to have the audio transcribed and merged into the workflow of the Secure Interviews system.
- SI - Secure Interviews: a tool to view interview footage from SURF Research Drive. No downloads or online sharing is possible.
Research and Analysis Tools
- EESSI software stack: European Environment for Scientific Software Installations.
- Galaxy: an open-source, web-based platform for data-intensive biomedical research.
- 4CAT: a research tool used to analyze and process data from online social platforms.
- ASReview & ASReview CLI: automated systematic reviews.
- GIMP: advanced image manipulation.
- SANE Sandbox SB Pilot: secure environments for experimentation.
- Spot: an open science platform where researchers can visually analyze and compare the datasets from published scientific journal articles.
- Research Vault: secure team data sharing.
- Singularity: Lightweight, portable container solutions for high-performance computing.