Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Google Platform for Brown University users

Access

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) lets you build, deploy, and scale applications, websites, and services. To get started you can simply login to the GCP Console with you Brown University Google email account. Google for Education makes available credits and training resources to help you take advantage of their platform

Credits

First time users, you get $300 credit to explore. To learn more visit their Getting Started Section

• Faculty can request credits for students for course use through this form

• PhD Students can request up to $1000 credit for research through this form

Training

Google has great courses and tutorials to help you get started. Some useful links and resources can be found below.

• Cloud Trainings

• Getting Started with Cloud Computing

• GCloud Essentials

The Center for Computation and Visualization (CCV) part of CIS at Brown, conducts reccurring introductory GCP workshops. The accompanying guide and video are available to the community.