Case studies

What if research data serve multiple purposes, and need to be stored in different places, when local facilities are not sufficient for this purpose? Erwin van Wieringen explains how SURF's Storage scale-out provides a suitable solution for RIVM.

MinE is an international project to trace the genetic causes of ALS, a deadly muscle nerve disease. SURF provides storage and analysis of the mountain of DNA produced by the project.

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) was one of the first institutions to join SURFsoc in 2021. The immediate reason for this was the hack in late 2019 at Maastricht University. How can we prevent such a thing, was the question immediately asked at the Rotterdam university.

The Van Gogh Museum is investigating why some colours in Van Gogh's paintings change slowly. To store, share and process data, they work with SURF's Research Drive and Research Cloud.

"SURF Research Access Management (SRAM) allows our researchers to collaborate securely with external researchers. They can also access our data without us having to create guest accounts," says ICT account manager Hendri Hondorp of the University of Twente (UT). Read more about how UT tackled this.

To respond faster to technological developments and the great need for specialised IT staff, the Hogeschool van Amsterdam is setting an example with Make IT Work. A retraining programme in which students obtain microcredentials. "In this way, you make talent permanently employable," he says.

David Salek (SURF) talks about all the exciting possibilities that the internet of things (IoT) offers for research.

SURF has joined the project to lead the design and implementation of the digital infrastructure needed to operate a fleet of bikes in a city remotely, making use of public cloud services.