The table below is a partial list of Canadian research software platforms (RSPs) previously supported by CANARIE during its tenure as a research software funder, and that we have determined to be actively supported and/or developed. According to the Research Software Current State Assessment, Research Software (RS) has two types: 1). RS tools and 2). RSPs or RS services (variously referred to as virtual science labs, virtual research environments (VREs), or Science Gateways). Although the table lists only RSPs, most RS services can be accessed from the RSP link. The Alliance is working with its partners to create a comprehensive directory of Canadian research software platforms and services, and this list represents the start of that effort.
The Alliance is also using the services of the Research Software Directory (RSD) to promote the visibility, impact and reuse of the Canadian Research Software. The Canadian research software listed below can also be found in the RSD.
The RSD, developed by the Netherlands eScience Center, is an international directory of software tools and resources that are used in academic research. It provides access to a wide range of software tools and resources.
If you have an active research software project that meets all the Alliance’s requirements (see below) and would like to have your details added to the list, or have corrections to the information in the table, please contact rs-lr@alliancecan.ca.
Requirements:
- Is a Canadian Research Software (i.e., owned/led by a Canadian institution).
- Is a platform/science gateway, or a component of software that can be deployed independently.
- Is available via an open source license, or emerged from a publicly funded open-source project.
- Is currently maintained.
- It fits with the promotional mandate of the Alliance.
An RSP that does not meet one of the requirements would not be eligible for listing in the RSD.
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Tag |
Owner |
Support email |
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nuclear medicine, microscopy, MRI, visualization, 3D, medical image computing, volume rendering |
Harvard Brigham and Women''s Hospital, Boston, MA; Queen''s University, Kingston, ON; and others |
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A PM3 HPC Blood Flow Modelling Platform: SimVascular (Website / Source / Article) |
modelling, medical image computing, fluid mechanics, cardiovascular |
Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario. |
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ArcticConnect - A platform for Arctic research and information sharing (Website / Source) |
Arctic, polar |
Cybera and University of Calgary |
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atlas, online cartography, oral history, geovisualization, multimedia, Mapping stories |
Concordia University & Carleton University |
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genomics, transcriptomics, sequencing, sequence analysis, BLAST, bioinformatics |
Dr. Brian Fristensky, University of Manitoba |
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Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory (CWRC) (Website / Source) |
Canadian culture & history, digital humanities, English, cultural studies |
University of Alberta and University of Guelph |
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CanDIG CHORD: Canadian Health Omics Repository, Distributed (Website / Source) |
genomics, CanDIG, GA4GH |
McGill University |
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Canadian Advanced Network for Astronomical Research (CANFAR) (Website / Source) |
Authenticated, CANFAR, Condor, Distributed, Processing, Retrieval, Storage, Virtual Machine, Web Service |
University of Victoria |
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cluster, data modeling, supercomputer, CBRAIN, visualization, neurology, task, data transfer |
McGill University |
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conceptual dft, population analysis, atoms in molecules, molecular orbital theory, density matrices kinetic energy density |
Queen's University, McMaster University, Ghent University |
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ClinDIG (Source) |
genomics, health, clinical, federated |
The Hospital for Sick Children, McGill University, Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, University Health Network |
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named entity linking, named entity Recognition, web-based, TEI, LOD, XML editor |
University of Guelph |
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DataStream (Website) |
Water quality, watersheds |
The Gordon Foundation |
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Genetics and Genomics Analysis Platform (GenAP) (Website / Source) |
metabolomics, molecular biology, genomics, genetics, biology, medicine, single-cell, health, bioinformatics |
Université de Sherbrooke and McGill University |
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Geodisy - Federated Geospatial Data Discovery for Canada (Website / Source / Article) |
metadata, research data, geospatial |
UBC |
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electronic structure theory, quantum chemistry |
McMaster University |
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Cancer, genome, patients, clinical data, oncology |
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) |
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iEnvironment (Website) |
Channel Morphology, Environmental Data Repository, Freshwater Streams, Benthic Macroinvertebrates, Ontario Stream Assessment Protocol (OSAP), Headwaters, Flowing Waters, Channel Stability, Fish Surveys, Stream Discharge, Wadeable Streams |
University of Waterloo |
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iReceptor, Immunology, immunogenomics |
Simon Fraser University (SFU) |
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Genomics, infectious disease |
Simon Fraser University |
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database, neuroscience, open science, neuroinformatics, neuroimaging, opensource |
McGill Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, Alan Evans lab |
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Mass spectrometry, proteins |
University of Calgary |
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Mass Spec Studio for Clinical Proteomics (Website) |
Mass spectrometry, proteins, proteomics |
University of Toronto and University of Calgary |
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MINTED (Website) |
Oceans, oceanography, persistent identifiers |
Ocean Networks Canada Society |
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conservation science, movement ecology, wildlife tracking |
Birds Canada |
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MSS-IMProv (Website) |
Modeling, Mass spectrometry, proteins |
University of Calgary |
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Conservation science, bird monitoring, open data |
Birds Canada |
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data collection, database, visualization, cartography, mapping, javascript, web, storytelling, atlas |
Carleton University |
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Epidemiology, authentication |
Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center (RI-MUHC) |
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Epidemiology, data repositories |
Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center (RI-MUHC) |
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Epidemiology, data repositories |
Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center (RI-MUHC) |
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Proteomics, Mass Spectrometry, Metabolomics, C++ |
Hannes Rost & OpenMS Team |
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Pore network modeling |
University of Waterloo |
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cloud storage, genomics, search portal, metadata, authentication |
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) |
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PACTE - Collaborative Electronic Text Annotation Platform (Website) |
corpus, lexicon, document, disambiguation, text annotation, natural language processing, collaborative, named entity |
CRIM |
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phenotype, API, rare disease, deep phenotyping, patient data, ontology, matchmaking, pedigree genogram |
The Hospital for Sick Children, the University of Toronto, and PhenoTips |
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tomography, image analysis, porous media |
Porous Materials Engineering and Analysis Lab |
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RDM, Metadata |
University of Saskatchewan |
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Research Lifecycle Approach using Islandora (Website / Source) |
information management, data storage, metadata |
University of Prince Edward Island |
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| Research Portal for Secure Data Discovery, Access, and Collaboration (Website) | Data Access Request, Collaboration, Portal, User Management, Program Management, Data Sharing | Ontario Brain Institute / Indoc Research | mjavadi@indocresearch.org |
| Umple (Website / Source / Article) | Code Generation, Software Modeling, UML, State Machines | University of Ottawa | Timothy.Lethbridge@uottawa.ca |
| User-Defined Oceanographic Data Products (Website) | Oceans, oceanography | Ocean Networks Canada | info@oceannetworks.ca |
| Virtual Health Gateway (Website) | Patient Engagement, Data management, Research Platform, Data, Wearables, Data sharing, Portal | Indoc Research | sshahnazari@indocresearch.org |
| VirusSeq (Website / Source) | Data, virus, health, data portal, open data | Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) | info@virusseq-dataportal.ca |
| Web-enabled Awareness Research Network (WARN) (Website) | oceans, tsunami, earthquake | Ocean Networks Canada | info@oceannetworks.ca |