Collaborative Research: The Science Gateway Institute (SGW-I) for the Democratization and Acceleration of Science

合作研究：科学民主化和加速科学网关研究所 (SGW-I)

• 批准号: 1216815
• 负责人: Michael Zentner
• 金额: $ 4.99万
• 依托单位: Purdue University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-01 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1216815&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Science; Gateway; Institute

As science today grows increasingly digital, it poses exciting challenges and opportunities for researchers. Whether it is streaming data from sensors, simulating the formation of tornadoes, annotating and sharing tagged audio and video data, or using geographic information systems to anticipate the spread of disease, the frontiers of transformative science are enormous and continue to grow. Many scientists are turning to web portals or science gateways to allow them to analyze, share, and understand large volumes of data more effectively. The existence of science gateways - and the sophisticated cyberinfrastructure (CI) tools and resources behind these accessible web interfaces - can significantly improve the productivity of researchers facing the most difficult challenges. Most important, science gateways can democratize access to the cyberinfrastructure that enables cutting edge science. Now the best minds can tackle today¹s most challenging science problems, regardless of their affiliation.Science gateway developers face several challenges. They often work in isolation even though development can be quite similar across domain areas, they bridge local, campus, national and sometimes international cyberinfrastructure, they need foundational building blocks so they can focus on higher-level grand-challenge functionality. Sustainable funding for science gateways can also be difficult to secure as they span the worlds of research and infrastructure.This one-year planning award will gather community feedback, forming the foundation of a Science Gateway Institute. The institute will be an incubator of sorts for science gateways, vastly increasing their chances for long term success. It will provide a forum for developers to share ideas, approaches and software. It will provide expertise - in science gateway building, in technologies enabling grand challenge research, in open community software development, in virtual organizations, in project management and in science gateway sustainability. It will provide workforce development, training the next generation for careers in this dynamic, cross-disciplinary and important area.

随着当今的科学日益数字化，无论是从传感器传输数据、模拟龙卷风的形成、注释和共享标记的音频和视频数据，还是使用地理信息系统来预测疾病的传播，都给研究人员带来了令人兴奋的挑战和机遇。 ，变革性科学的前沿是巨大的，并且在不断增长，许多科学家正在转向门户网站或科学网关，以便更有效地分析、共享和理解大量数据——以及复杂的数据。这些可访问的网络界面背后的网络基础设施 (CI) 工具和资源可以显着提高面临最困难挑战的研究人员的生产力。最重要的是，科学网关可以实现对网络基础设施的民主化，从而使最优秀的人才能够应对当今的挑战。最具挑战性的科学问题，无论其隶属关系如何。科学网关开发人员经常面临一些挑战，尽管跨领域的开发可能非常相似，他们连接本地、校园、国家，有时甚至是国际网络基础设施，他们需要基础构建块。因此，他们可以专注于更高级别的重大挑战功能，因为它们跨越研究和基础设施领域，因此也很难获得可持续的资金。这个为期一年的规划奖项将收集社区反馈，形成科学网关的基础。科学网关研究所。该研究所将成为科学网关的孵化器，大大增加其长期成功的机会，它将为开发人员提供一个分享想法、方法和软件的论坛，它将提供科学网关建设方面的专业知识。在技​​术领域，以开放的方式进行重大挑战研究它将在虚拟组织、项目管理和科学网关可持续性方面提供社区软件开发，并为下一代在这个充满活力、跨学科和重要的领域提供职业培训。