Researcher guide

Researcher guide to the portal

Main surfaces

The Astro user application includes account/profile/security pages, programmes and applications, access keys, notebooks/workbench, runs, and the agent page. Direct route source is apps/users/src/pages/. Authentication, entitlement and deployed routing may restrict which pages work for a given user.

Recommended first day

Sign in → verify account and research profile → request/join a programme → register public access keys if instructed → open the workbench → run a credential-free notebook → submit a small approved CPU run → inspect durable results → open a project/conversation in Guide when supported.

The platform is a research environment, not merely a chatbot. Use the guide for explanations, documentation, research navigation and safe suggestions. Run scientific code in the specified notebook/workflow execution environment; don't mistake a plausible generated result for a completed computation.

Learning progression

Start with mathematical/scientific foundations, a local classical reference and a short Qiskit/Aer notebook. Continue to Slurm/CPU scale, GPU simulation and optionally provider-authorized QPU runs. When GPU/QPU capacity is not available, use credential-free simulator tracks. Keep run specifications, versions, seeds, input datasets and results reproducible.

Collaboration and responsibility

Programme membership grants access only to authorized programme resources. Shared research folders, results and agent rooms require explicit server-side authorization. Never assume a URL, a copied UUID or a notebook link grants access to another student's work. Report wrong-access bugs through private security channels.

See curriculum progression and scientific academy.