Leveraging the open source technologies established by the SPARC program’s o²S²PARC simulation platform, ZMT Zurich MedTech AG (ZMT) releases S4Llite, the cloud-based, online accessible implementation of the advanced desktop computational life sciences platform Sim4Life – free of charge for scientific use by students and in teaching!
o²S²PARC, which powers S4Llite, was developed under the NIH SPARC Program’s Data Resource Center (DRC) to ensure sustainable, reproducible, and FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) computational modeling in the field of bioelectronic medicine – simulating neural interfaces, their interaction with the peripheral nervous system, and the ensuing impact on organ function.
o²S²PARC is a unique cloud-based, open, and extendable platform for computational modeling and data analysis. It enables the creation of complex pipelines based on a wide range of existing services developed by SPARC and external researchers that can be shared and turned into easy-to-use, web-accessible applications. It is one of the technologies established by the SPARC DRC to ensure that SPARC-generated knowledge is made accessible and can be leveraged by the widest possible audience. Published simulation studies hosted on the SPARC Portal can be run on o²S²PARC. o²S²PARC and other DRC infrastructure enables SPARC to satisfy the NIH’s new Data Management and Sharing Policy (DMS policy) by maximizing model and data FAIRness, and can also support you (contact us for more information).
S4Llite demonstrates the power of o²S²PARC as its performance does not lag behind the Sim4Life desktop version, even for the most complex modeling tasks. One of Sim4Life’s key strengths is the modeling, investigation, and optimization of neural interfaces for stimulation and sensing – an application of particular relevance to the SPARC Program and its mission of facilitating a wide-spread breakthrough of bioelectronic medicine.
We are proud that o²S²PARC contributed to ZMT’s success, and consider this a testimonial to its versatility and maturity. Request your own o²S²PARC account today!
