In an effort to streamline IT and informatics resources being used as part of various research projects the Cancer Imaging Program has deployed a cloud infrastructure on Amazon EC2. The following instructions summarize how to connect to your cloud computer once you've been assigned one as part of the CIP TCGA Radiology Initiative.
Using your Amazon Cloud Computer for TCGA Research
1. Save your Remote Desktop file (provided by the CIP Informatics team) to the desktop on any computer which you would like to read cases from. You can then connect to your personalized Cloud Computer by double clicking the icon from your desktop. 
2. Check the box at the bottom to skip this in the future, then click "Connect". 
3. Check the box at the bottom to skip this in the future, then click "Yes". 
4. Once you connect to the Cloud Computer you need to select the Administrator user to log in. 
5. Type in the password. (provided to you by the CIP Informatics team)
On a Mac you may see the following instead. Leave the user name as Administrator and leave the Domain field empty: 
6. Once you've logged in you can open up Clearcanvas to read cases or Firefox if you want to check that your data has been successfully transmitted to our servers. 
7. When you're finished simply click the "X" icon as shown below. This will disconnect you from your Cloud Computer. Similarly you can click the "_" icon to minimize the Cloud Computer if you need to do something on your normal computer, but plan to resume reading cases soon after. 