Jean-Christophe Olivo Marin & Fabrice de Chaumont
Institut Pasteur, France
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Lunch Demo Abstract
Icy is a free and open-source image analysis software platform. It is a versatile tool that can be used both on desktop and on cluster and cloud. The desktop version is for final users requiring a very rich and interactive dedicated client, offering a complete suite of more than 100 build-in core functiond plus 300 contributed online plugins that extend the software functionalities seamlessly. The cluster and cloud client is based on a headless framework dedicated to deployment and schedulers calls, coupled with a new Icy-made streaming library for heavy data access, either stored locally or remotely.
Icy takes advantage of a centralized repository, that collects and distributes plugins, scripts and graphical protocols, organizes user’s support, displays plugin usage statistics, and as the community requested, allows the rating of the plugins by the users. Icy has accrued a base of more than one thousand regular users. Statistics on usage, community and other aspects are refreshed daily and available on this
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