Nebula – sustainable use of IT infrastructure

Mapped principles 

The project is mapped to the following framework principles:

P5. Available experimental environments

P1. Essential knowledge of the subject 

P3. Active student-centred learning 

P12. Broadened recruitment and participation 

Definitions of the principles 

Contact

Reine Bergström lecturer

reineb@kth.se , 087904852

Profile

This project is implemented at the School of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH) within the Future Education programme (project no. 2506-CBH). 

Project context

The need for computing power for project courses, degree theses, Ph.D. studies and research is today unprecedented. Without KTH's own computing power, many initiatives would be referred to costly commercial services and on the educational side, many concrete, practical elements would have to be replaced with theoretical reasoning.

KTH Cloud has existed for a year because of the work of a handful enthusiasts to give students and researchers access to computing capacity. There is now an urgent need to formalise the system object, document it and ensure its operations.

Purpose (outcome)

The project aims to ensure a sustainable use of the KTH Cloud IT infrastructure.

Project results (output)

• Completed and improved routines (e.g. for graphics card allocation, backups and other lifecycle functionality)
• More stable environment with better troubleshooting options for student and research projects 
• Completed and improved system documentation.

Time plan

Start date: 2025-08-01
End date: 2026-06-30

Project documentation

• Poster: The project’s first poster (in Swedish) will be available at the ”Storträffen” meetup on 2025-12-01
• Project initiation document: Projektdirektiv_FrU25_2506-CBH_Nebula_250829.pdf (Swedish)