Skip to content

ct.qmat Research Data Infrastructure

Overview of the the research data management services of the ct.qmat cluster of excellence, enabling collaborative research. The infrastructure is built on a modern backbone, combining Kubernetes and Ceph for dynamic and robust operation.

Overview of ct.qmat collaborative research data infrastructure

Central user login

The NOMAD Oasis, eLabFTW, JupyterHub and GitLab use the same login, which can be managed here. Through the DFN-AAI, members of TU Dresden, JMU Würzburg, IFW Dresden and HZDR can sign in with their institutional accounts.

NOMAD Oasis

ct.qmat hosts a NOMAD Oasis located here, developed by the NFDI-consortium FAIRmat. It combines an electronic lab notebook, analysis tools powered by a JupyterHub and a data repository with rich, searchable metadata.

  • Data repository for material science data
  • Very rich metadata, searchable
  • Includes electronic lab notebook features
  • Tools for viewing and analyzing data
  • JupyterHub integrated: nomad.ctqmat.de/nomad-oasis/gui/analyze/north
  • Access and upload data via REST API (and SMB)

eLabFTW

https://elabftw.ctqmat.de

  • Widely used, feature-rich electronic lab notebook (ELN)
  • Free and open source
  • Interoperable with many other ELNs in "The ELN Consortium"

Jupyter Hub

https://jupyter.ctqmat.de

  • Interactively execute Python, Julia, R, etc.
  • Code, narration and results in one document

GitLab

We have a GitLab here. It can be used for

  • Collaborative source code management
  • Workflow organization
  • Running automatic tests
  • Store large files with git LFS (=Large File Storage)

Overleaf

Collaborative online LaTeX editor at https://overleaf.ctqmat.de.

Contact / Help

You can reach the data management team through datamanagement.ct.qmat@listserv.dfn.de, we are always happy to help with data management challenges you encounter and open to suggestions on extending this infrastructure.

You can also get help on the Discord server of the Würzburg Chapter of DE-RSE, you can join the server through this invite link. In particlar on Tuesdays from 15:00 to 16:00 there is is a helpdesk in the "Wü-RSE Support Corner", where people stand ready to help you with research software related problems.