We have more and more researchers who would like to publish an app (to be used worldwide), that requires a significant amount of memory, computational resources (multiple cores, GPU, etc. ). Some examples include R Shiny Apps or Apps that run some python code. What resources does your university provide to accommodate such requests?
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We still handle these on a case by case basis. We’ve started investigating formal service offerings, but the infrastructure and human resource requirements to offer a full service are significant. We run most apps we help with through cloud services, but we also offer local virtual machines that are suitable for some less resource intensive applications. As you note, R Shiny apps have been the most common ones we’ve seen (we direct these to shinyapps.io if the use case fits), but we’ve also seen needs for various Python and MATLAB applications.
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