Transcript A Scientific Workflow Approach to Managing Geosciences Data

Kepler and GEON: A Scientific
Workflow Approach to
Processing Geosciences Data
CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE
FOR THE GEOSCIENCES
Efrat Frank, Ilkay Altintas,
Bertram Ludaescher
San Diego Supercomputer Center
6th Biennial Ptolemy
Miniconference
Berkeley, CA
May 12, 2005
Kepler and GEON
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Scientific problems
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Classification of minerals and rocks
3D gravity modeling
Geologic Map Integration
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Computational aspects
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generic data and tools component:
• Relational and spatial databases
• Web service invocation actor
• Browser actor
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Reusability of actors and sub-workflows
Domain specific algorithms
• Point In Polygon algorithm
• arcIMS services
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Remote execution environments
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CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE
FOR THE GEOSCIENCES
Portal execution
Pegasus director
Frank, SDSC 2