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e-Science Institute
Malcolm AtkinsonDirector e-Science Institute
e-Science EnvoyProfessor of e-Science, School of
Informatics
The e-Science Institute’s Mission
Catalyse new thinkingfor all disciplines
Stimulating co-evolution of applications and CS
Shaping the path from invention to sustained research use
Edinburgh e-Science Institute 2
e-Science Institute 3
Nurturing Research Themes
Edinburgh e-Science Institute
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Research Themes
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2 Diverse data
3 Adoption of e-Research
4 Spatial Semantics
5 Distributed Programming Abstractions
6 e-Science for the Arts and Humanities
7 Neuroinformatics Virtual Fly Brain
8 Trust & Security Virtual Communities
9 Principles of Provenance
10 Communicating Climate Change
11 Next Generation Sky Surveys
12 Web2.0 influence on e-Science
13 Automated Experimentation
14 Modelling & Microbiology
Edinburgh e-Science Institute
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Research Themes
08 09 10 11 1206 07
2 Diverse data
3 Adoption of e-Research
4 Spatial Semantics
5 Distributed Programming Abstractions
6 e-Science for the Arts and Humanities
7 Neuroinformatics Virtual Fly Brain
8 Trust & Security Virtual Communities
9 Principles of Provenance
10 Communicating Climate Change
11 Next Generation Sky Surveys
12 Web2.0 influence on e-Science
13 Automated Experimentation
14 Modelling & Microbiology
5 Distributed Programming Abstractions
DPA Theme Analysis of applications & programming strategies Sustained commitment from five leaders
Framework to understanddesign, development & deployment Distributed Applications on production CI
Community recognition and influencing research
Book “Abstractions for Distributed Applications and Systems”
Best Paper Award at IEEE Grid2009“Critical Perspectives of Distributed Applications and Production CI”
ACM Computing Survey paper (in review)
Edinburgh e-Science Institute
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Research Themes
08 09 10 11 1206 07
2 Diverse data
3 Adoption of e-Research
4 Spatial Semantics
5 Distributed Programming Abstractions
6 e-Science for the Arts and Humanities
7 Neuroinformatics Virtual Fly Brain
8 Trust & Security Virtual Communities
9 Principles of Provenance
10 Communicating Climate Change
11 Next Generation Sky Surveys
12 Web2.0 influence on e-Science
13 Automated Experimentation
14 Modelling & Microbiology
7 Neuroinformatics Virtual Fly Brain
Neuroinformatics & building a Virtual Fly Brain
New anatomy ontology
New behaviour ontology underway
Sustained European engagement
New era of research collaborationstandardisation of methods and data
PaperTowards a virtual fly brain, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A June 13, 2009
BBSRC award to JDA with Michael Ashburner FRS and Dr David Osumi-Sutherland (University of Cambridge)
Edinburgh e-Science Institute
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Vision for the e-Science Institute
• The venue for Creative Computational Thinking
• Needed for strategic and urgent challenges
• Generating research insights & roadmaps
• Bridging boundaries & assembling knowledge
New Institute for e-Research @ Edinburgh
ICMS NAIS eSIEPCCMathematics informatics HPC e-research data
DCC