IT Research and Science
In coordination with the specialist departments of the FZJ, Scientific IT supports the scientists working in the IBG-2 in their daily research work and in dealing with a comprehensive IT landscape that is constantly changing.
The IT team supports the scientists in the initial phase of developing ideas for current research tasks, as well as in conducting and evaluating the necessary scientific experiments and collecting the required data. To this end, the team not only helps with data acquisition, processing and storage, but also with the commissioning of the necessary measurement technology for the scientific experiments and the licensing of the software used. In addition, the IT team supports the scientists in the technical implementation of comprehensive web presences, which are often required within the framework of approved projects.
Strategic planning of the Institute's IT infrastructure, procurement of hardware, system development, network management and user administration are just as much part of the IT team's remit as the maintenance and servicing of the measurement and experiment computers available at the Institute. Likewise, the team is always available to clarify questions about IT security. For the IT area, the team is the first point of contact for questions and change requests regarding the IT solutions operated at the Institute. From virtualised server farms to highly complex computing clusters, scientists at the Institute have access to the latest IT technologies. An efficient and future-oriented research infrastructure is available at the Institute.
Selected examples of the services provided by Scientific-IT:
Scientific Programming
For the core business of the IT team, research, it is important that measurement systems are perfectly coordinated. To ensure this, the IBG-2 software team develops "scientific programming", scalable solutions and multi-layered individual software solutions. One example: Apps developed in the IBG-2, with which leaf areas and biomass can be determined in various imaging scenarios or analyses of leaf veins can be recorded through automated segmentation. (Qunatitative Image Processing)
Augmented reality/3D architectural models
In order to present science in a more understandable way and to make connections more recognisable, technologies such as augmented reality or 3D architectural models are used. For example, the growth of root systems is vividly simulated. [rootmodels.gitlab.io]
State of the Art Technologie
Through the connection of a data warehouse and the use of state-of-the-art technology, data generated by measuring systems can be processed up to the petabyte range. This enables autonomous transport robots to navigate independently through the greenhouse and transport plants in rizotrons to the waiting measuring chambers. The well-developed IT and network infrastructure ensures trouble-free operation.
Web portals
The 24/7 accessibility of the web portals not only enables the scientists to supervise their experiments continuously, but also enables the public to inform themselves about the current research topics and results at any time.
Education and Training
In order to counteract the shortage of specialist staff, to bring in new, fresh ideas from outside and to increase flexibility and the ability to innovate, the IBG-2 trains, among others, the following occupational branches in the IT sector:
IT specialists (w/m/d), Fachrichtung: Systemintegration