Cloud-Ready Research Applications
Build, Run, and Scale Your Research in the Cloud
CAC helps Cornell researchers accelerate their work by building custom, ready-to-use cloud images and containerizing research applications for flexible deployment across Red Cloud and public cloud platforms.
Building Cloud Images
Our consultants create pre-configured cloud images tailored to your research needs — making it faster and easier to get started in the cloud, while boosting productivity and research outcomes.
Example
CAC built five cloud images for Cornell social science researchers, including:
- A Windows image featuring: IBM SPSS, MATLAB, Mathematica, R, Rscript, Rstudio, SAS, and Stata/MP
- Four custom Linux images including: Python, Miniconda, PostgreSQL, DataGrip, Kate editor, QllME2, PICRUSt, and R
These images were deployed on CAC's Red Cloud, where high-memory instances (128 cores, 1TB RAM) are ideal for large-scale statistical analysis.
CAC also builds GPU-enabled cloud images that take advantage of NVIDIA GPU instances available on Red Cloud.
Containerizing Applications for Portability & Efficiency
CAC can containerize your research application so it runs efficiently on:
- Cornell's Red Cloud
- Public Cloud platforms
- Your laptop or local server
We've built a wide range of scientific containers—from web service (e.g. those use by
arxiv.org) to MPI-enable high-performance computing containers, including those running
WRF. Our containerization tools and experience include Docker and Singularity.
We also develop custom tools and applications that manage, deploy, and scale containers for research environments.
Supporting Cloud-Based Web Applications
Want to make your research application accessible through a web browser? CAC can help you deploy it on Red Cloud, public clouds, or custom environments with private or public access. We provide the backend compute and storage infrastructure, as well as the front-end integration. See our
Web Application Development services for more details.
Have Questions?
Contact us if you'd like help getting started with cloud-ready research applications, building images, or containerizing your work.