EOSC Node | Czechia - EOSC Association

The Czech EOSC Node contributes to the EOSC Federation by providing Czech national e-infrastructure and services, thus providing researchers with access to advanced computational resources, secure sensitive data environments, and research data repositories.

Its advanced capabilities include LLM-as-a-Service, Galaxy, Kubernetes, Jupyter, SensitiveCloud and federated file sync and share, while providing an onboarding framework for national repositories and strategic multi-node use cases with other EOSC Nodes.

The entire Czech ecosystem will be connected to the EOSC Federation through federated AAI built on the Perun platform. The Node’s specialised services, including the SensitiveCloud Trusted Research Environment and a dedicated Service Incubator for emerging services to be incorporated in the Node, help support FAIR data practices across the EOSC Federation.

Key objective: To showcase the work of Czech researchers and institutions by connecting their research outputs and services to the EOSC Federation.

Science areas: Specialised services dedicated for all science areas, including FAIR data management, Trusted Research Environments and Virtual Research Environments, and AI services.

SCIENTIFIC IMPACT

EOSC Node Czechia expands EOSC technical capacity through secure sensitive-data environments, federated AI services, Galaxy workflows, and curated national repositories supporting cross-border research.

FAIR data

The EOSC CZ Node provides FAIR research data through national repositories including MBDB, GENASIS, LINDAT/CLARIAH-CZ and other domain-specific repositories, supported by the National Metadata Directory, repository onboarding framework, Data Stewardship Wizard for machine-actionable DMPs, and a Service Incubator for onboarding emerging FAIR-compliant services.

Scientific use cases

Cross-Node LLM

This use case provides secure, high-quality access to LLMs through a unified web interface and an OpenAI-compatible API across European nodes.

The service enables researchers and developers to integrate LLM capabilities into applications and scientific workflows. It supports authentication and authorization through existing federated identity systems (e-INFRA CZ AAI / LS AAI and eventually LEXIS).

This service offers transparent and secure access to LLM services within a federated environment, ensuring control over data processing and compliance with European data sovereignty requirements.

The use case aims at the creation and deployment of domain-specific AI assistants using open-source models, therefore reducing dependency on proprietary, external AI services.

AI-enhanced federated Galaxy workflows

This use case builds upon the established European Galaxy network, integrating the Czech usegalaxy.cz instance with the wider multi-node network (including usegalaxy.eu operated by the NFDI node).

As a pioneer in the second wave of EOSC Nodes, the Czech Node will introduce a new feature: the integration of Galaxy workflow systems with the Federated LLM-as-a-Service (LLMaaS). Building on an existing successful prototype between the .cz and .eu instances, this project will mature the integration to production quality to provide advanced analytical pipelines for the ELIXIR and NFDI communities.

This allows researchers to utilize Large Language Models directly within their scientific pipelines for tasks such as automated data annotation, metadata enrichment, and code generation for custom analytical steps. By integrating LLMs into Galaxy, researchers can automate complex interpretive tasks that previously required manual intervention, significantly accelerating the research lifecycle.

Other use cases

SensitiveCloud for MCVAL (multi-centric validation of AI models for cancer screening)
Federated File Sync and Share services
Federated analysis of Sensitive Data in TRE with the EOSC Node Switzerland

STATUS & TIMELINE

Status

Candidate National EOSC Node

EOSC Node | Czechia Project Charter

CESNET Director Jakub Papírník and Senior Researcher Luděk Matyska present the signed EOSC Federation MoU, 15 July 2026.

Deliverables

Core EOSC services including AAI, catalogue, monitoring and accounting
Service management processes
Multi-node use cases implementation
Service incubator rules and conditions
Node 1st Year Status – Documentation

Technical status

Planned

Federated AAI
Onboarded service catalogues (National Metadata Directory; e-INFRA CZ services; repository onboarding framework)
Application workflow management (LEXIS; Galaxy; Kubernetes; Jupyter)
Service monitoring
Service and research product accounting
Order management
Helpdesk
Management system