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Hub Cyberinfrastructures for
Collaboration in Research &
Education
G.V. Rex Reklaitis
School of Chemical Engineering
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
Email: [email protected]
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What is a hub?
Cyberinfrastructure for scientific
research, education,and collaboration
Online simulation…
…and more!
Web-based
Community of
• contributors
• users
Collection of
• resources
• tools
Support for
• uploading resources
• tags
• reviews/ratings
• asking questions
• forming groups
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What is a HUB?
Resource Types
• Interactive Simulation Tools
• Design tools
• Online voice/ppt Presentations
• Mechanism for Uploading
New Resources
• Tool Development Area
• Ratings and Citations
• Content Tagging
• User Groups for Private
Collaboration
• User Support Area
• Usage Statistics
• News and Events
• Feedback Mechanisms
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Web-enabling Tools
Vendor
Scientist
Web Developer
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System Architecture
Physical Machine
Content
Database
Maxwell’s
Daemon
Virtual Machine
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1011
1001
nanowire job
nanoHUB cluster
Violin
Rendering Farm
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Rappture Toolkit
Rappture
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• Created by NCN in Nov 2004
• Open Source
• Create standard desktop apps
• Works with your favorite
programming language
Scientist
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Bring tools online quickly
7 tools online!
Over 85 tools online!
since December 2007
Over 40 new this year!
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nanoHUB.org
Created under NSF project
Network for Computational
Nanotechnology
Goal:
Promote sharing of
Nano-electronics design
simulation & education
resources developed
via extensive federal
funding programs
Initial 5 yr funding $17 MM
Renewed for second 5 yrs
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Simulation Tools
available through a web browser
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Tutorials and Seminars
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Who is using nanoHUB?
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3.5 million hits last month
62,546 users last 12 months
271,818 simulation jobs last 12 months
50 of the Top 50 US Engineering Schools
14% of all .edu domains
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Strong growth
Online simulation…
Interactive tools
…and more!
Added seminars,
tutorials, courses,
etc.
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pharmaHUB.org
Constructed leveraging nanoHUB software infrastructure
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pharmaHUB Mission
• Resource for collaboration and sharing of new science
and engineering for innovative drug product
development and manufacture.
• Facilitation of collaborative development and sharing of
information, knowledge, modeling tools and decision
support processes
• Promotion of joint creation and sharing of educational
materials, modules and experiences for use in the
education and training of pharmaceutical technologists.
• Sharing of research output of national projects
– NSF ERC Structured Organic Particulate Systems
– National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology & Education
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Interactive Simulation Tools
7 Tools
Available
Online
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Particle adhesion simulation
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Online Presentations
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Uploading New Resources
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Summary
• Hub technology benefits
– Accelerate rapid dissemination and growth of research and
educational content in new domains where developments are
still very scattered
– Effective means of sharing resources without giving up source
– Hub Technology can offer high visibility to authors of their work
– User reviews & grades offer form of public peer review
– In nanoelectronics domain citations of nanoHUB content in
archival publications is growing ( 300+ so far)
• Hub technology caveats
– Middleware essential to streamline contributor effort in porting
– Reliable server & IT infrastructure needed to sustain HUB
– Permissions required from tool vendors to allow hosting of tools
upon which applications are built
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Michael McLennan
[email protected]
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