Globus | Globus at The University of Chicago

Globus accelerates your research across the research lifecycle.

The University of Chicago offers Globus, a platform with robust data and compute management capabilities, to all researchers, staff and students. Globus is a data management platform which enables researchers, research computing managers, IT groups, and developers to access and manage their data and compute resources. The Globus platform is used by thousands of researchers, and provides secure and reliable file transfer, sharing, publication, remote computation, and automation throughout the research lifecycle.

Globus is available for use by all faculty, staff and students at UChicago. Log into Globus with your CNET id, and start using it with systems on campus or other institutions, or with your own laptop.

Globus Services

Transfer your data

From kilobytes to petabytes, with Globus you can efficiently, reliably, and securely move data between systems within your site or across an ocean.

Share your data

All you need is an email address to share data with colleagues – Globus manages authentication and access.

Search & Discover Data

The Globus Search service enables storage of metadata with fine grained access control on creation, modification, and visibility, and metadata retrieval through search queries.

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Manage Protected Data

Need to manage HIPAA-regulated data? Working with PII or CUI? No problem. Globus supports management of Protected Health Information (PHI), data regulated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Personally Identifiable Information (PII), and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).

Automate Your Research

Globus flows define actions that are executed in a specified order using “action providers” to act on resources both on the Globus platform and externally managed services. Use cases abound where automation is required to cope with growing data volumes and velocities like those generated by cryo-electron microscopes, next generation sequencers, and advanced light sources.

Build Research Apps Using Globus PaaS

The Globus platform enables developers to provide robust file transfer, sharing, search, and automation capabilities within their own research data applications and services, while leveraging advanced identity management, single sign-on, and authorization capabilities.

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Control Access to Research Resources

Leverage Globus Auth to broker authentication and authorization interactions. Eliminate the need for users to create new accounts or credentials when using distributed cyberinfrastructure.

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Compute Anywhere

Globus offers a distributed Function as a Service (FaaS) platform that enables reliable, scalable, and high performance remote function execution on any system, from a laptop to a supercomputer.

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Make your Data Discoverable and Accessible

Using the Globus platform, you can build data portals and publish your data. You can describe data and build powerful search capabilities, making it easy to deliver on data management plans and other data publication requirements.

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