e-Science centre
The e-Science centre is jointly headed by Prof Richard Bayford (HSSC) and Prof Mark Workman (EIS).
Scientific research is increasingly carried out by communities of researchers that span multiple disciplines who exist across many entities that operate in the global arena. International collaborations have given rise to both the availability and production of masses amounts of data. Understanding and processing this data have lead to many research discoveries, shifting future research towards a data driven model. The recent surge in resources such as the masses of available databases, sensor instrumentation, trial data, computational simulations and geographically distributed computational resources have all contributed to the progress towards this data centric model.
It is our aim to apply such ideals across all fields in our university environment. Bio modelling, informatics, cognitive modelling, e-Social science and environmental simulations are just a sample of applications which can benefit from the expertise presented by the centre of e-Science. e-Science is not only a tool to increases the ability to understand and systematically process all this information, but has forced collaborations to become a global affair. Collaborations to date far exceed the wildest predictions made only several years ago. Such collaborations are formally known as e-Science (EU) or Cyber Infrastructure (USA).
The two key technologies that have had significant impact in e-Science are primarily...
Grid Computing – A distributed computing paradigm which uses the internet to enable the existence of a global heterogeneous computational resource
WEB 2.0 – A set of web technologies which are centred on user generated content. Web 2 enables groups to collaborate in a media rich environment over geographically disperse locations
Considering the significant investment large corporations and countries have poured into investments to build their own grid styled infrastructure, confirms that research through data analysis is the next stage in the evolution for research and discovery. This is a view shared by almost all figure heads in academia.
We are constantly updating our resources and expertise to maintain a completive edge in the ever dynamic and increasing field of e-Science.
Please visit our temporary external home page for more information. Centre for e-Science, Collaboration and Application
