What is the Platform?
The Federated Learning Net networks Platform is the primary interface that Data Scientists and Auditors interact with directly. It gives Data Scientist a shared interface for discovering data, assembling projects, running tools, and reviewing outputs, while Auditors ensure Tools used by Data Scientists are secure and validated.
What the platform does
At a high level, the platform lets you:
- search metadata across participating sites
- create projects around a concrete scientific question
- run tools and workflows in a governed environment
- inspect outputs, reports, and generated artifacts
The platform is where distributed infrastructure becomes usable for real work.
What the platform does not replace
The platform does not remove local control from data holders.
Instead:
- clients still control local data and permissions
- tool execution still follows explicit contracts
- federated analysis still depends on what each participating site allows
This distinction matters. The platform makes collaboration easier, but it does not bypass governance.
Typical user journey
Most users follow a pattern like this:
- Search the network for relevant data
- Review what is available and what is permitted
- Create a project for a specific question
- Select tools or workflows
- Run the analysis and inspect the outputs
Who should read this section
This section is for:
- Data Scientist looking for data to run analysis on via workflows of Tools
- project leads coordinating a federated study
- users who need to understand the UI and analysis workflow
If you are a Data Scientist that wants to create your own Tool to incorperate your analysis logic, please refer to the Tool development section instead.