{"id":83734,"date":"2026-01-22T15:20:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T09:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=83734"},"modified":"2026-01-22T16:21:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T10:51:04","slug":"ice-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ice-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>ICE Cloud Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) revealed that it has significantly expanded capabilities of the Integrated Cloud Environment (ICE) platform.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About ICE Cloud<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>indigenous, comprehensive digital platform<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for conducting complex <\/span><b>scientific research<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and <\/span><b>High-Performance Computing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (HPC).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It provides <\/span><b>ease of access to computational resources.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is built indigenously to provide <\/span><b>cloud services for research and development<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that is reproducible.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It now offers an <\/span><b>open-access platform<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> equipped with supercomputers and tools for software development, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/artificial-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\">AI<\/a><\/strong>, quantum technologies, simulation studies and more.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The platform is available to <\/span><b>students, scientists, researchers, start-ups and others.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ICE offers an <\/span><b>array of services<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 storage, bioinformatics tools, virtual hosting, pipeline execution, AI visualisation, development environments on the cloud and seamless collaboration features.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Use Cases of<\/b> <b>ICE Cloud: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Research Institutes, Researchers, Developers and Industry<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was funded by the <\/span><b>Department of Biotechnology<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (DBT) to support scientific research.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/ice-cloud-promises-open-secure-supercomputing-for-complex-science-research\/article70532696.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ICE Cloud is an indigenous, comprehensive digital platform for conducting complex scientific research using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High-Performance Computing (HPC). 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