Collaborative Applications

Leader
German CANCIO MELIA
Deputy
Jose Benito GONZALEZ LOPEZ

The Collaborative Applications Group is responsible for delivering software and services enabling collaborative work. This includes open science and institutional repositories, digital library and preservation technology, event management solutions, e-mail and groupware services, video conferencing, webcast and recording, as well as engineering software.

Conferencing Technology (IT-CA-CTE)

Section Leader: Pedro Ferreira

The Conferencing Technology section provides collaboration applications and services which are essential to the organization of physical, virtual and hybrid events at CERN:

  • Enterprise chat platform for CERN personnel and communities (Mattermost);
  • Event organization and management, via Indico, Burotel, Newdle;
  • Automated Speech Recognition and Transcoding of video contents;
  • Videoconferencing for CERN personnel and collaborations (Zoom);
  • Webcast and Recording of events inside and outside the organization.

The section also provides support and documentation to users of its services and software products.

Groupware and Engineering Services (IT-CA-GES)

Section Leader: Thomas Baron

The Groupware and Engineering Services section facilitates collective working and engineering tasks for CERN personnel. For this purpose, it provides its users with:

  • Groupware Services: email, calendar, contacts and task management supporting daily collaboration at CERN:
  • Engineering Software Services: Tools for electronics and mechanical design, mathematics, and multiphysics simulation.
  • Selection, deployment, integration, operation, licensing, procurement, and infrastructure coordination for supported services.

Institutional Repositories (IT-CA-IR)

Section Leader: Jose Benito Gonzalez Lopez

The Institutional Repositories (IR) section is in charge of designing, architecting, and operating several Institutional Repositories including their long-term preservation features. The section is responsible for:

  • CERN Document Server (CDS): Institutional repository preserving CERN's scientific, administrative, and historical digital content;
  • CDS Videos: Platform and workflows for archiving and sharing video content produced at CERN;
  • CERN Library Catalogue: Management, browsing and borrowing library materials;
  • Digital Memory Platform: Digitisation of analogue material and long-term preservation of personal and institutional archives;
  • CERN Open Data Portal: access to research data produced at CERN and partner experiment communities.

Open Science Infrastructure (IT-CA-OSI)

Section Leader: Nicola Tarocco

The Open Science Infrastructure section provides Open Science services and technology platforms for research data management (RDM) and reproducible research data analyses. This includes notably:

  • InvenioRDM: Open-source repository platform powering Zenodo and other CERN repositories, co-developed with 25+ international partners;
  • REANA: Platform for reusable and reproducible data analyses using containerised workflows on cloud resources;
  • Zenodo: World's largest general-purpose research data repository supporting Open Science;
  • Open Science Projects: Delivery for externally funded projects and collaboration in Open and Reproducible Science initiatives.