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End-to-End eScience: Integrating Workflow, Query, Visualization, and Provenance at an Ocean Observatory

TitleEnd-to-End eScience: Integrating Workflow, Query, Visualization, and Provenance at an Ocean Observatory
Publication TypePeer-reviewed Conference Paper
Year of Publication2008
Conference Name2008 IEEE Fourth International Conference on eScience (eScience)
AuthorsHowe B, Lawson P, Bellinger R, Anderson EW, Santos E, Freire J, Scheidegger C, Baptista AM, Silva CT
Conference LocationIndianapolis, IN, USA
ISBN Number978-1-4244-3380-3
Keywords3D visualization, cyberinfrastructure, data analysis, data visualisation, end-to-end eScience, large-scale ocean circulation model, natural sciences computing, Ocean Observatory, provenance-aware workflow system, query processing, query systems, remote query engine, visualization systems, workflow systems
Abstract

Data analysis tasks at an Ocean Observatory require integrative and and domain-specialized use of database, workflow, visualization systems. We describe a platform to support these tasks developed as part of the cyberinfrastructure at the NSF Science and Technology Center for Coastal Margin Observation and Prediction integrating a provenance-aware workflow system, 3D visualization, and a remote query engine for large-scale ocean circulation models. We show how these disparate tools complement each other and give examples of real scientific insights delivered by the integrated system. We conclude that data management solutions for eScience require this kind of holistic, integrative approach, explain how our approach may be generalized, and recommend a broader, application-oriented research agenda to explore relevant architectures.

URLhttp://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=4736749
DOI10.1109/eScience.2008.67