https://www.pistack.xyz/tags/virtual-research/ Recent content in Virtual-Research on Pi Stack Hugo en-us Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-10-self-hosted-virtual-research-environments-vivo-cyverse-hubzero-guide/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-10-self-hosted-virtual-research-environments-vivo-cyverse-hubzero-guide/ <p>Modern scientific research is inherently collaborative, often spanning multiple institutions, disciplines, and geographic regions. Virtual Research Environments (VREs) — also called science gateways or collaboratories — provide web-based platforms where researchers can discover collaborators, share data and tools, run computational analyses, and manage projects in a unified digital workspace. Unlike general-purpose collaboration tools like wikis or shared drives, VREs are purpose-built for research workflows: they understand research profiles, grant management, publication tracking, and scientific data sharing. Three open-source platforms lead this space: <strong>VIVO</strong> for research networking and expertise discovery, <strong>CyVerse Atmosphere</strong> for cloud-based computational research, and <strong>HubZero</strong> for building custom science gateway websites.</p>