IRIS supports a diverse community of researchers whose science depends on advanced computing, data and digital infrastructure. These communities span fields including particle physics, astronomy, photon and neutron science, fusion energy research, environmental science, bioinformatics and emerging areas of artificial intelligence and data-intensive research. While their scientific goals differ, they share many common challenges: managing large and complex datasets, operating at national and international scale, enabling collaboration across institutions, and extracting new insights through computational analysis. By bringing these communities together, IRIS helps researchers access expertise, infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration, accelerating scientific discovery and enabling research that would not be possible using local resources alone.
