- Compute facilitiesIf you need to perform computer calculations during your research and you are unable to run these on your own system, there are a number of possibilities. With the Computing Decision Tree you can fill in some answers and it will help you to find a good solution for the best service for Compute Facilities. For information described in the columns see the text in the list below. The link of each item gives you more specific information: JupyterLab: are you an UT employee, teacher or student and you are looking for an environment where you can easily gain knowledge or use various programming languages for prototyping, education, research or self-study. Then use UT-JupyterLab environment; Virtual Research Environment (VRE). When you are looking for a flexible, efficient and scalable infrastructure for simulations and computations, you can make use of a Virtual Research Environment (VRE). For more information and support, see this link or you can visit the VRE-Portal directly; UT-HPC. At the UT there are more HPC Clusters
- Data Management Plan (DMP) toolThe DMP-tool is the UT tool for writing your data management plan (DMP) and the notification of processing of personal data in research in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR registration). The DMP part of the DMP-tool has a generally accepted structure which complies to the policy of funders like NWO and ZonMw. The EU allows you to deliver a DMP based on this form as well. The DMP-tool can be found https://webapps.utwente.nl/dmp. More information about DMPs can be found at the Writing your DMP, which is part of the research data management websites.
- GitLab and DevOpsOne open DevOps platform is GitLab. Iterate faster, innovate together: '' The open DevOps platform is a single application for unparalleled collaboration, visibility, and development velocity.'' Gitlab GitLab is the open DevOps platform. Iterate faster, innovate together: The open DevOps platform is a single application for unparalleled collaboration, visibility, and development velocity. GitLab is a single application for the entire software development lifecycle. From project planning and source code management to CI/CD, monitoring, and security. Gitlab @ UT is available at https://gitlab.utwente.nl.
- JupyterLabGain knowledge or use various programming languages for prototyping, education, research or self-study through the JupyterLab environment. The tool is available for students and staff. JupyterLab login About JupyterLab Project Jupyter exists to develop open-source software, open standards, and services for interactive computing across dozens of programming languages. JupyterLab is a web-based interactive development environment for Jupyter notebooks, code, and data. JupyterLab is flexible: configure and arrange the user interface to support a wide range of workflows in data science, scientific computing, and machine learning. JupyterLab is extensible and modular: write plugins that add new components and integrate with existing ones. For a detailed explanation and options, please refer to the WIKI section in UT JupyterLab. More information Requests You can access the environment at: https://jupyter.utwente.nl/ From outside UT-network a VPN-connection is required! Costs The use of UT-JupyterLab is free of charge
- Kubernetes/DockerAre you a UT employee and do you have an application in the form of a docker container / image and are you looking for a place to run it? Then request resources in our Kubernetes cluster. Description A docker container can be seen as a light version of a virtual machine where only the application dependencies are packed in a container. Containers are a very efficient technology to run apps and workloads in a server environment. Kubernetes takes care of the management of the docker containers in the cluster. If your app is in a container and you need to create multiple instances, it is possible to expand the number of resources. Infrastructure: The Kubernetes infrastructure is managed by LISA. The Kubernetes cluster is spread over both data centers of the UT and currently offers protection against hardware failure. In the event of hardware failure, the cluster ensures that the containers are brought online to another node in the cluster. The created containers are the responsibility of the project owner. Access
- Matlab & SimulinkThe University of Twente offers a campus-wide license to MATLAB, Simulink, and companion products. All employees and students are eligible to download and install these products on their university computers as well as their personally-owned computers. Licence details The University of Twente has a Total Academic Headcount (TAH) License for MATLAB, Simulink and the full suite of Add-On Toolboxes available to employees and students. Our license provides the widest and most up-to-date array of products, supporting everything from introductory level courses to advanced academic research. Available Add-On Products: MATLAB Polyspace Bug Finder Simulink Polyspace Code Prover 5G Toolbox Powertrain Blockset Aerospace Blockset Predictive Maintenance Toolbox Aerospace Toolbox RF Blockset Antenna Toolbox RF Toolbox Audio System Toolbox Risk Management Toolbox Automated Driving System Toolbox Robotics System Toolbox Bioinformatics Toolbox Robust Control Toolbox Communications Toolbox Sensor Fusion and Tracking Toolbox Computer
- Research & IT @ SURFSURF is a cooperative association (Coöperatieve Vereniging) of Dutch educational and research institutions in which the members combine their strengths. Within SURF, the members work together to acquire or develop the best possible digital services, and to encourage knowledge sharing through continuous innovation. The members are the owners of SURF. For more information see about SURF. SURF's areas are IT facilities, education & IT and research & IT. About research & IT, UT researchers can have access and use SURF's supercomputing power (HPC), superfast data transport, data management and analysis, and expertise. For top-level research and innovation. Select one of SURF's fields of expertise below. Compute services Data storage and management Data processing and analysis Open science Communities @ SURF: SURF offers a lot of communities, to bring people together, also for research, see https://communities.surf.nl/onze-communities
- Selection tool handling research dataUT offers a range of facilities for handling data during your research, such as storing and/or sharing data. By answering these questions you will be guided to the best suitable UT standard facility/ies.
- Sensor Data Platform (SDP)The sensor data platform (SDP) is a service that offers research projects and/or support services the opportunity to quickly and easily store sensor data in a database environment. In addition, it is possible to have this data processed and, if desired, made available to other research projects or services (UT-internal). The SDP runs entirely on-premise in the UT data centers. Specifications It is possible to link all kinds of sensors (also outside the UT campus) to SDP; The raw sensor data from the sensor is stored in a Postgres database (raw dataset) via an input adapter; One can access the raw data to export it (export function); One or more processing modules can be linked to each raw dataset to process the raw data into processed data; The processed data is stored in a separate Postgres database; The creation of a processing module is LISA customised support and is settled on the basis of hourly remuneration (subsequent calculation); The database environments are backed up; It is possible to share datasets
- SRAM SURF Research Access ManagementSRAM is the connector between researchers (working together in a research collaboration) and services provided by Service Providers. SRAM can also make use of eduID accounts.
- UnishareUniShare is a Content Collaboration Platform (CCP) for storing and sharing research data and for collaboration. The on-premise data is stored in the UT data centres. The service can easily be used by both internal and external users. UniShare can be used for processing large data volumes. Specifications Uses NextCloud technology. A frontend for our storage clusters to ensure data can be easily accessed and used via the Web, clients and mobile devices; Offers options for online joint editing. Supports all major file formats of documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Uses a storage cluster where the data between both UT data centres is synchronised asynchronously. Should one of these data centres go down, the other data centre has to be selected manually. The service will then not be available for some time. The storage cluster is ISO 27001 and NEN 7510 certified. The storage cluster uses many disks and offers high data storage capacity; Includes antivirus defences, ransomware protection and backups; Large data
- Virtual Research Environment (VRE)Are you a UT researcher and are you looking for flexible, efficient and scalable computing infrastructure to perform simulations/calculations? Then use the Virtual Research Environment (VRE). About VRE From an inventory and discussions with researchers, it has been noted that computing infrastructure plays an increasingly important role in research. Standard workstation facilities such as a desktop or notebook are not suitable or not powerful enough for complex calculations. It is necessary to scale up to equipment with higher availability and/or computing power. The Virtual Research Environment (VRE) offers an environment with the following characteristics: Quick access to computing capacity (In addition, can also be removed quickly if no longer necessary); Not complicated (no technical knowledge necessary); Uses public cloud infrastructure (Microsoft Azure); Flexible (by simply scaling up and down the amount of CPU and Memory or by changing the hardware to GPU). Efficient (by adjusting the type of hardware);