Getting Familiar with Amazon Web Services (Cloud Computing): Reference

AWS reduces time to science

For large and bursty neuroimaging workloads, AWS is probably cheaper than purchasing and maintaining dedicated hardware

Note that the console is organized by region

You can start virtual computers from the console using the EC2 service

AWS EC2 instances with a wide range of software can be started on demand

You should be familar with the AWS console

You should be able to start an EC2 instance

You should be able to find and log on to your EC2 instance

You should be able to stop your EC2 instance