# Vision

## Problem

Sensitive epidemiological datasets cannot usually be shared outside the host institution.

This prevents collaboration, reproducibility and rapid analysis.

## Solution

FERRY allows researchers to submit analyses to the institution hosting the data.

The analysis is executed locally within a secure environment.

Only approved outputs leave the institution.

## Principles

* Data remains local.
* Computation moves to the data.
* Human oversight is part of the workflow.
* Every action is auditable.
* Reproducibility is a first-class goal.

## Long-term Vision

Support federated epidemiological analyses across multiple institutions where:

* each institution hosts an independent FERRY instance;
* analyses are submitted to multiple sites;
* each site executes analyses locally;
* only approved aggregate outputs are returned.

The platform should become a reusable infrastructure component for secure collaborative research.