Helmholtz Federated IT Services
The top position of Helmholtz research is increasingly based on cross-centre and international cooperation and common access to data treasure and -services. At the same time, the significance of a sustainable software development for the research process is recognised.
HIFIS builds and sustains an excellent IT infrastructure connecting all Helmholtz research fields and centres.
This includes the Helmholtz Cloud, where members of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres provide selected IT-Services for joint use. HIFIS further supports Research Software Engineering (RSE) with a high level of quality, visibility and sustainability.
The HIFIS clusters develop technologies, processes and policy frameworks for harmonized access to fundamental backbone services, such as Helmholtz AAI, and Helmholtz Cloud services. HIFIS Software also provides education, technology, consulting and community services.
Helmholtz Digital Services for Science — Collaboration made easy.
Almost all information on HIFIS is publicly available.
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Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration
This collection provides production-ready Ansible roles used for providing services used in research and by research software engineers, but not exclusively. The collection is used to deploy popular Helmholtz Cloud services like the Helmholtz Codebase and its CI infrastructure.
The Helmholtz Research Software Directory is a place to discover and promote research software. Designed for Research Software Engineers and Scientists, it aims to foster FAIR and reuseability of software.