Cybershuttle

A digital platform that makes it 1.5x faster for biophysicists to conduct research work.

Healthcare

B2C

Professional Project

OVERVIEW

Powered by grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Cybershuttle is a joint project between Indiana University and biophysicists at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).

DURATION

3 months

TEAM MEMBERS

2 UX Designers, 3 Developers, Project Lead

MY CONTRIBUTION

UX Research

Ideation

UI Design

PROBLEM

Biophysicists are not happy because their research work takes time.

Biophysicists study how living things work, but their research work slows down because there is no way to manage their teams and they have to constantly switch between their computers and remote supercomputers.

SOLUTION

Cybershuttle. A platform that speeds up their research work by helping them…

Manage multiple projects and teams

Seamlessly connect with supercomputers

Let's explore how Cybershuttle optimizes the research experience of biophysicists.

  • After logging in, the biophysicist can get a detailed view of projects, their statuses, and team members for effective management.

  • The job monitor gives exhaustive information on experiments inside a project, and the files associated with each experiment.

  • To send files to the supercomputer, the biophysicist can easily do this through their own computer by connecting to their HPC account.

  • The next step is to enter HPC account credentials and give their project ID.

  • The next step is to choose the remote supercomputer as per their preference, according to their computing needs.

  • Biophysicists can also monitor supercomputer usage across the team and manage allocation for each member efficiently.

IMPACT

Accelerated research cycles; increased collaboration work; and scalable impact across other scientific domains

Cybershuttle is expected to increase research speed by 30%, improving the pace of new discoveries.

It enables biophysicists to easily collaborate with scientists globally, paving the way for larger projects.

Cybershuttle’s core framework of interconnectivity could be adapted for use in other scientific fields.

LEARNINGS

Grasping and understanding scientific domain knowledge was a bit challenging at first.

The project required displaying a large amount of information, necessitating a seamless user experience.

Designing a site map established an effective navigation flow for the Cybershuttle platform.

PROCESS