SwissDataScienceCenter · lokijuhy · Oct 3, 2025 · Oct 3, 2025 · Oct 3, 2025 · Oct 3, 2025
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   How PSI's Materials Software and Data Group Uses Renku to Lower the Barrier to Entry for Data Reuse
 authors: [laura, julian-aiida]
 tags:
-  - Success Story
+  - Collaboration Story
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 description: From technical local installation to one-click data exploration
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+---
+slug: swisscat-collaboration
+title: |
+  Streamlining data delivery: How ETHZ SwissCAT+ uses Renku to let clients focus on science, not setup
+authors: [erwin-swisscat, kourosh-swisscat, laura]
+tags:
+  - Collaboration Story
+image: ./SwissCat_Cover_image.png
+description: ETHZ SwissCAT+ has teamed up with the Renku platform to unite data, code and compute in their OpenCatData project.
+---
+
+![SwissCat_Cover_image.png](SwissCat_Cover_image.png)
+
+As one of the projects within the first SDSC national call, [ETHZ
+SwissCAT+](https://swisscatplus.ethz.ch) teamed up with the SDSC to utilize their
+[Renku platform](https://renkulab.io) to unite data, code and compute in their **OpenCatData**
+project. In this blog post we describe how ETHZ SwissCAT+ fully utilizes the features that Renku
+offers to augment how data can be effectively shared across different parties.
+
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+
+## ETHZ SwissCAT+'s Challenge
+
+ETHZ SwissCAT+ is a technology platform that provides services to researchers in the field
+of catalysis. At ETHZ SwissCAT+, traditional catalysis research is complemented with high-throughput
+experimentation, automation and artificial intelligence thereby generating large amounts of data.
+With a diverse user base from various academic institutions and companies nationally and
+internationally, ETHZ SwissCAT+ faces the challenge to effectively communicate and share the
+obtained experimental data with their user base.
+
+![image0.png](image0.png)
+
+## Renku Platform as Solution
+
+Renku offers an ideal platform to overcome this challenge where it allows to connect:
+
+- Data created from the instruments at ETHZ SwissCAT+,
+- Data processing tools developed at ETHZ SwissCAT+
+- Compute resources to deploy the data processing tools
+
+![image2.png](image2.png)
+
+## Data management Integration to Renku
+
+Data generated at ETHZ SwissCAT+ are stored in a data repository (for example polybox) and codes are
+located on a git repository. A Renku project can be created that connects the data and the code and
+uses the cloud resources provided by the Renku platform to deploy them. With a single Renku project,
+multiple sessions can be created for accessing data and code resources in various combinations and
+with different visualization and analysis tools. Renku offers the possibility to create templates to
+further speed up the creation of new Renku projects.
+
+Previously, users were responsible for setting
+up their own computational environment for reviewing the data and code results provided by ETHZ
+SwissCAT+. Now with Renku, they only need to create a user account and be granted the access rights
+to their data and the processing tools, and they can launch interactive Renku sessions directly in
+the browser.
+
+### Catalysis Performance & Characterization Data Visualization
+
+So far three primary session templates have been implemented at ETHZ SwissCAT+. Each session is used
+in combinations with different data sources and creates interactive visualization dashboards to
+visualize results from:
+
+- Catalyst testing
+- Thermogravimetric analysis
+- Gas adsorption/desorption
+
+![image3.png](image3.png)
+
+Each session comes with its tailored data processing tools. For example, catalyst testing data can
+be aggregated and filtered, gas adsorption/desorption data are further fitted using various
+mathematical models to extract descriptors from the data, and thermogravimetric analysis data can be
+processed to obtain integrated areas, peak maximum etc from their sequential data.
+
+![img-4-5-merged.png](img-4-5-merged.png)
+![swisscat-demo.gif](swisscat-demo.gif)
+
+## Summary
+
+Renku has significantly enhanced the user experience for the groups that are requesting services
+provided by ETHZ SwissCAT+ which faces the challenge in sharing large amounts of diverse data to
+multiple users. In the wake of big data and open science, Renku offers the ideal and timely platform
+for this purpose. Check out some public Renku projects created by ETHZ SwissCAT+:
+
+- [Data Visualization Dashboard for Swiss Cat+ East A1 project](https://renkulab.io/p/swisscat/a001)
+- [Calcium Oxalate TGA Analysis](https://renkulab.io/p/swisscat/calcium-oxalate-tga)
+- [Commercial Supports Gas Adsorption/Desorption Measurements](https://renkulab.io/p/swisscat/commercial-supports-bet-measurements)
+
+---
+
+_Want to learn more about how Renku can help democratize access to your research data? [Explore
+RenkuLab](https://renkulab.io) or [contact our
+team](https://renku.notion.site/Contact-dd098db288ff433893a4d4d429da99c1) to discuss your use case._
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   url: https://github.com/lokijuhy
   image_url: https://github.com/lokijuhy.png
 
+erwin-swisscat:
+  name: Erwin Lam
+  title: Senior Scientist, ETHZ SwissCAT+
+
+kourosh-swisscat:
+  name: Kourosh Shariat
+  title: ML Engineer, ETHZ SwissCAT+
+
 julian-aiida:
   name: Julian Geiger
   title: Materials Software and Data Group