.. _joinlab: Join the lab ============== Facilities ----------- The DataLab provides a digital collaboration platform for scientific projects. This includes a set of services for group communication, project management, computing power, technical support. Furthermore, you join a community of users involved in scientific research, data stewardship, teaching and learning. Registration ------------- The DataLab follows a trust propagation model for accepting lab users. This means that trusted users can request access for new users. So anybody with a legitimate scientific interest to work with ZMT scientists can request access to the lab. Joining the lab involves: #. Discuss your collaboration with a ZMT `scientific workgroup leader `_. #. The workgroup leader initiates a Registration_ (requires your name and email). #. You receive a link by email to fill out a simple form with personal details. These details will be verified. Verification is skipped if a ``leibniz-zmt.de`` email address is used. #. Your account will be created and you will be notified by email. Once your account is setup, you can :ref:`accesslab`.