Using Google Colab for Research Development

Syracuse University provides current students, faculty, and staff with a wide array of Google cloud-based services and tools via the Google Workspace for Education service (formally known as Google Apps, or G Suite for Education). Included with those services is Google Colab.

Google Colab is a cloud-based, notebook environment that primarily supports Python but also allows users to run R code, making it ideal for machine learning, data analysis, and scientific computing. It offers access to free GPUs and TPUs, enabling users to run compute-intensive tasks without requiring local setup.

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Getting Started

To log into Google Colab, simply visit https://colab.research.google.com/. Instead of your regular ‘syr.edu' email address, users will log in using their 'g.syr.edu’ account (i.e. <your-netid>@g.syr.edu). Note this account utilizes your currently NetID password. To manage this password, follow the normal NetID password management steps.

Logged into Google with another account? Some users may be logged in with another account. To resolve this, first simply log out and attempt to log in with your ‘g.syr.edu’ account. If your browser does not cooperate, clearing the cache of your current browser or simply trying another browser may be required.