18.10.2026
Through the integration of Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics with the international academic identity federation eduGAIN, the NURE community can now use their institutional credentials to access resources and services of the European Open Science Cloud – EOSC EU Node.
The EOSC EU Node is the first operational platform of the European Open Science Cloud and serves as a gateway to collaborative, data-driven research across Europe. It brings together computing resources, research data, software and digital services supporting reproducible and interdisciplinary research.
Users can access virtual machines, interactive Jupyter environments, Kubernetes-based cloud container platforms, personal storage, large-file transfer services and other tools for research activities. Researchers with the appropriate access level can also use GPU resources and create collaborative research groups.
A key advantage for the NURE community is the use of a single institutional digital identity. When signing in through eduGAIN, users authenticate directly through their home institution. Their institutional password is not transferred to EOSC; only the identity attributes required to verify institutional affiliation and determine the appropriate access level are shared.
The level of available resources depends on the user’s academic role. Faculty members and researchers may be assigned the Investigator level with access to the full range of computing services and GPU resources, while employees may receive Collaborator access. Students can explore EOSC resources and participate in research groups created within the platform. Resource-intensive EOSC EU Node services are managed through a system of virtual credits allocated according to the user’s access level.
For NURE, access to the EOSC EU Node represents another step towards deeper integration into the European Open Science ecosystem. It expands opportunities for researchers to use European digital infrastructures, create reproducible research environments, process large datasets, use cloud computing resources and collaborate with colleagues from universities and research institutions across Europe.
European research infrastructure is now closer to NURE — accessible through the University’s institutional digital identity.