COINSTAC: A futuristic framework for collaborative big-data research.

[spanta28]

By Sandeep Panta, TReNDSCenter, Georgia State University

Emergent sessions #2,#3,#4(The earliest session possible)

Short description and the goals for the session

COINSTAC is software to foster collaborative research, removing large barriers to traditional data-centric collaboration approaches. It enables groups of users to run common analyses on their own machines over their own datasets with ease. The results of these analyses are synchronized to the cloud, and undergo aggregate analyses processes using all contributor data. Federated (decentralized) pipelines allow for distributed, iterative, and feature rich analyses to be run, opening new and exciting capabilities for collaborative computation. It also offers data anonymity through differentially private algorithms, so members do not need to fear PHI traceback.

Our goal is to introduce COINSTAC to researchers in developing countries with limited hardware, networking capabilities and technical expertise to make collaborative big-data research possible on a global scale. We would like to hear feedback on our tool in general including potential roadblocks and improvements to make our tool more researcher friendly. We welcome anyone who wants to contribute to the project with their algorithm development skills and coding skills. We would also like to work with organizations together on grants, that could help us answer interesting neuroscience related questions using COINSTAC, that could not have been possible otherwise.

Useful Links

COINSTAC Github
COINSTAC Vaults intro webpage
Vaults demo video on Freesurfer data
COINSTAC educational videos

[NaomiGaggi]

Hello @spanta28, You have been assigned to the emergent session 16:45-17:45 GMT+1 on June 20, 2022.

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[rgbayrak]

You have been assigned to session #2.

[spanta28]

Great . Thankyou so much and I apologize for late reply.

[NaomiGaggi]

Crowdcast link for virtual attendance: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/osr-2022--emergent-2