Tool/Resource: NITRC Computational Environment (NITRC-CE) - News

NITRC-CE v0.57.26 released

moderator@www.nitrc.org (NITRC Moderator) — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 13:21:55 GMT

We are pleased to announce the release of NITRC-CE v0.57.26. This is primarily a security release. CE now also uses noVNC to connect, which simplifies operation.

NITRC-CE v0.57.26 and NITRC-CE v0.57.26-LITE are available on AWS Marketplace and as AWS AMIs.

NITRC-CE v0.57.20 released

moderator@www.nitrc.org (NITRC Moderator) — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 22:08:29 GMT

We are pleased to announce the release of NITRC-CE v0.57.20. This is a security update, addressing Tomcat vulnerabilities. CE functionality remains unchanged and most software versions are the same as those for NITRC-CE v0.57.14.

NITRC-CE v0.57.20 and NITRC-CE v0.57.20-LITE are available on AWS Marketplace and as AWS AMIs.

NITRC-CE v0.54 released

moderator@www.nitrc.org (NITRC Moderator) — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 16:05:06 GMT

We are pleased to announce the release of NITRC-CE v0.54. This release does not include any new functionality, but does mark the first of more frequent updates to NITRC-CE. Future updates will be released three or four times per year, each containing updated system packages.

This release includes updates to the Classic, HCP, and Lite CE flavors.

Release notes can be found at https://www.nitrc.org/plugins/mwiki/index.php/nitrc_es:NITRC_CE_Release_Notes#NITRC_CE_Release_v0.54.0_.28Classic.2C_HCP_and_LITE.29_-_2.2F25.2F2022

NITRC-CE v0.53.6 released

moderator@www.nitrc.org (NITRC Moderator) — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 19:07:45 GMT

We are pleased to announce the release of NITRC-CE v0.53.6. This release includes a number of enhancements, including adding the HCP-1200 data as a push-button S3 mount and updating various software versions; FreeSurfer is now at version 7.

Of particular note is the ability to dynamically resize data space on a CE instance. This can be done easily from the web console and makes an instance more flexible for dynamic analyses.

This release includes updates for the classic, HCP, and LITE flavors. Full release notes can be found at https://www.nitrc.org/plugins/mwiki/index.php/nitrc_es:NITRC_CE_Release_Notes#NITRC_CE_Release_v0.53.6_.28Classic.2C_HCP_and_LITE.29_-_11.2F15.2F2021

New Demo Available: Using NITRC-IR Data with NITRC-CE

abbylcarr@www.nitrc.org (Abby Paulson) — Fri, 28 May 2021 14:27:50 GMT

David Kennedy, Ph.D., takes you through all you need to know to use NITRC-CE Lite.

View it here > https://youtu.be/iUxeBm3w6uA

- Launching a CE-Lite
- Selecting an instance
- Getting data
- Running the data with a container
- Extracting the results
- Shutting down the NITRC-CE

NITRC-CE v0.52.3 released

moderator@www.nitrc.org (NITRC Moderator) — Fri, 21 May 2021 15:40:03 GMT

We are pleased to announce the release of NITRC-CE v0.52.3. This is a security release, affecting CE Classic, HCP, and LITE.

The Power of S3 Storage Buckets

abbylcarr@www.nitrc.org (Abby Paulson) — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 14:47:12 GMT

S3 storage buckets are a powerful tool for shared neuroimaging applications. On NITRC-CE, you can access both public and private S3 data as if it were a regular file in the local file system. NITRC-CE also comes with OpenNeuro and FCP-INDI S3 housed data available at the click of your mouse!

NITRC-CE LITE Offers a Lightweight Computational Environment

abbylcarr@www.nitrc.org (Abby Paulson) — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 14:43:04 GMT

NITRC-CE is designed to run neuroimaging pipelines using container technologies as a light-weight container player. Many NITRC-hosted software tools such as Docker or Singularity (as well as many others) have containers available.

See Installed Packages for NITRC-CE LITE > https://www.nitrc.org/plugins/mwiki/index.php/nitrc:User_Guide_-_NITRC_CE_LITE_Installed_Packages_v0_51_0

NITRC-CE v0.51 released

moderator@www.nitrc.org (NITRC Moderator) — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 12:51:12 GMT

We are pleased to announce the release of NITRC-CE v0.51, applying to Classic, HCP, and LITE versions. In addition to several minor bug fixes, this version updates installed Python packages to Python 3.

Release notes can be found at https://www.nitrc.org/plugins/mwiki/index.php/nitrc_es:NITRC_CE_Release_Notes#NITRC_CE_Release_v0.51.0_.28Classic.2C_HCP_and_LITE.29_-_1.2F9.2F2020.

NITRC-CE v0.50 released

moderator@www.nitrc.org (NITRC Moderator) — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 14:50:33 GMT

We are pleased to announce the release of NITRC-CE v0.50. This version brings the base system to Ubuntu 18 and adds EEGLab and HTCondor. Find it on AWS Marketplace at https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/search/results?x=0&y=0&searchTerms=nitrc or download it at https://www.nitrc.org/frs/?group_id=664 to run it locally.