RunMyCode: An innovative platform for social production and evaluation of scientific research

Abstract

In this paper we describe RunMyCode (RMC), a cloud based Platform as a Service tool (PaaS) which involves researchers collaborating across different time and geographical zones to produce research results along with their related papers. It helps researchers to incrementally co-create, deploy, evaluate, optimize and reproduce their research. It allows also a continuous integration and enhancement of different types of research artefacts including visual models, software and scripts. RMC extends traditional collaborative platforms by means of a scientific research-oriented social layer which allows intensive user contribution, interactions, and community building along with a content management system that lets researchers share, evaluate and develop valuable knowledge. RMC features include load balancing, elastic context aware and data-driven resource allocation, and parallel and “parameterizable” task execution.