Solutions
If you have any questions regarding our solutions and supported paradigms, please contact us by e-mail (descil@ethz.ch).
Core Services
| Description | Location |
|---|---|
| UAST Recruitment for Laboratories | UZH |
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Recruitment for Online Experiments (Prolific, MTurk, Clickworker, etc.) |
Cloud |
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Descil Payout | Compensations & Incentives |
On prem |
Survey Research
| Description | Location |
|---|---|
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Qualtrics | Design XM (Online surveys and experiments) |
Cloud |
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Twilio Callcenter (incl. Voice, SMS, WhatsApp) |
Cloud |
| SoSci Survey Server | On prem |
| Lime Survey Server | On prem |
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DeSciL Panel Server (Panel management for longitudinal studies) |
On prem |
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Survey Print (Print pipelines for questionnaires, invitations, reminder letters) |
On prem |
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Survey Scanning (Scanning and OCR of paper-pencil studies) |
On prem |
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Survey Hosting (Hosting via survey.ethz.ch or umfrage.ethz.ch) |
On prem |
Behavioral Economics & Decision Science
| Description | Location |
|---|---|
| z-Tree | Zurich Toolbox for Readymade Economic Experiments | On prem |
| oTree | Open-source platform for web-based interactive tasks | On prem |
| oTree Hub | Heroku-based oTree hosting | Cloud |
| PsychoPy | Experiments in psychology, neuroscience, and psychophysics | On prem |
| Pavlovia.org | PsychoPy in the browser | Cloud |
| Matlab PsychToolbox | On prem |
| JATOS Server | psych.js | On prem |
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Qualtrics | Design XM (Online surveys and experiments) |
Cloud |
Neuroscience
| Description | Location |
|---|---|
| ANT Neuro EEG Software | On prem |
| DSI-24 Software | On prem |
| AcqKnowledge Software | On prem |
| ADInstruments LabChart | On prem |
Virtual Reality & Gaming
| Description | Location |
|---|---|
| Unity3D / Asset Store Subscription | Cloud |
| Meta Quest Subscription | Cloud |
| Varjo XR Software | On prem |
| Nimble Streamer / Media Server | On prem |
| NVIDIA Cuda Containers | On prem |
Eye & motion tracking
| Description | Location |
|---|---|
| Tobii Pro Lab Software | On prem |
| Pupile Labs Cloud | Cloud |
| Polar Cloud | Cloud |
Fieldwork
| Description | Location |
|---|---|
| Android Enterprise (Baramundi MDM) | On prem |
| Fully Browser SDK | On device |
| Qualtrics Offline App | On device |
| Kobo Toolbox | On device |
Robotics
| Description | Location |
|---|---|
| Social Robot SDKs (for Pepper, Nao, Navel, Furhat) | On prem |
Cloud
| Description | Location |
|---|---|
| Rancher RKE2 Kubernetes | Private Cloud | On prem |
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Microsoft Azure (Monitor, AI Foundry, Cognitive Services, Copilot, Blob) |
Cloud |
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Google Cloud (Search, Ads, Workspaces, Gemini) |
Cloud |
| Amazon Web Services (MTurk) | Cloud |
AI & GPU
| Description | Location |
|---|---|
| GPUStack | Local LLMs | On prem |
| vLLM containers | On prem |
Hosting
| Description | Location |
|---|---|
| Web Applications (.NET Core, Python FastAPI, NodeJS) | On prem |
| Shiny | Data science containers | On prem |
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Databases | MSSQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, MariaDB, MongoDB (with ETH IT Services) |
On prem |
| Logging (Prometheus, Loki, Grafana) | On prem |
| GitHub Org (incl. Copilot) | Cloud |
| GitHub Actions CI/CD (ARC) | On prem |