ICE Cloud Latest News
Recently, the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) revealed that it has significantly expanded capabilities of the Integrated Cloud Environment (ICE) platform.
About ICE Cloud
- It is an indigenous, comprehensive digital platform for conducting complex scientific research using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High-Performance Computing (HPC).
- It provides ease of access to computational resources.
- It is built indigenously to provide cloud services for research and development that is reproducible.
- It now offers an open-access platform equipped with supercomputers and tools for software development, AI, quantum technologies, simulation studies and more.
- The platform is available to students, scientists, researchers, start-ups and others.
- ICE offers an array of services — storage, bioinformatics tools, virtual hosting, pipeline execution, AI visualisation, development environments on the cloud and seamless collaboration features.
- Use Cases of ICE Cloud: Research Institutes, Researchers, Developers and Industry
- It was funded by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) to support scientific research.
Source: TH
ICE Cloud FAQs
Q1: Who developed the ICE cloud?
Ans: C-DAC
Q2: What does ICE stand for in C-DAC's ICE cloud?
Ans: Integrated Cloud Environment
