Collaborative Environment for Scholarly Research and Analysis - Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Original (non-English) name
Acronym
CoESRA - TERN
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Abstract
CoESRA is a free cloud-based virtual desktop workbench to perform complex data analysis workflows and share the work embedded in a web browser accessible with AAF (Australian Access Federation) and Google account.
The CoESRA provides CentOS (7.5) & Ubuntu (16.04) operating systems virtual desktop environment with tools like Biodiverse GUI, Canopy (IDE for python and Notebook), Jupyter Lab, Kepler scientific workflow, Knime, Dropbox, LibreOffice Math, ownCloud Client, Macroeco Desktop, OpenRefine, Panoply, QGIS and RStudio. All these tools can be accessible by logging into a CoESRA website using an Australian Access Federation (AAF) or Google account. Following are some of the salient features of CoESRA:
Provide virtual desktop environment accessible via a web browser,
Ability to store data for both public and private use inside the environment,
Tools to enable users to create, execute and share simulations,
Ability to use Nimrod K with Kepler scientific workflow to distribute jobs,
Provide access to re-usable repeatable Kepler scientific workflows.
A user is able to access the virtual desktop from their web browser (Google Chrome is highly recommended) once the registration process is completed.