gateways2017_windows.Benham.Zentner.2017.1009.2209.pdf

<div> <div> <div> <p>The HUBzero platform enables scientists to build off one another’s research by providing a robust collaborative platform to allow them to share the software they created and utilized for their work. Customized tools, code, and data were no longer forgotten after a research effort was complete. HUBzero enabled researchers to offer their tools for anyone to use and modify so they could continue to collaborate long after the initial project concluded. </p><p><br></p> <p>Early versions of HUBzero focused on providing researchers a Linux based environment to host their software. Our group realized there was growing interest in HUBzero hosting commercial, licensed software, which often requires Microsoft Windows, so we began to investigate how we could integrate Microsoft Windows into HUBzero. A key partner, the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) joined the effort. In this paper, we discuss the approach of our solution and associated learnings. </p> </div> </div> </div

Analysis of nanoHUB.org from a Business Perspective

Science Gateways are typically implemented by scientists and cyberinfrastructure experts to serve a specific, externally-funded scientific focus. Sustainability of those gateways and the knowledge and tools they contain continues to be of strong interest to both the gateways and the funding agencies that support their creation and initial operation. nanoHUB.org is an established gateway entering its 15th year of operation and now serving over 1.4 million visitors annually. The leadership at nanoHUB have utilized a partnership with Purdue’s Krannert School of Management to collaborate on examining nanoHUB from a business perspective. The results of these collaborations are outlined in this extended abstract and will be expanded upon in the corresponding presentation

REMEDI - Where Hospitals Share Data for the Improvement of Patient Safety

<div> <div> <div> <p>The Regenstrief National Center for Medical Device Informatics (REMEDI) is an evidence-based community of practice for medical device informatics to promote and improve patient safety. REMEDI collects data that have been captured and stored on medical devices such as smart infusion pumps. It enables users to conduct complex analyses via a point-and-click web interface. These analyses can be conducted on both specific hospitals and groups of hospitals to enable comparative examinations and benchmarking. Members of the REMEDI community voluntarily contribute data and identify themselves to each other. In this short paper, we describe REMEDI community and discuss technical aspects and challenges of the platform. Next, we examine different applications of the REMEDI platform and how each application serves the community. Finally, we highlight areas of future work on the platform. </p> </div> </div> </div

Science Gateways: Sustainability via On-Campus Teams

The challenges for creators of specific science gateways are manifold, and the expertise needed for well-designed science gateways is very diverse. The sustainability of science gateways is crucial to serve communities effectively, efficiently and reliably. One measure to achieve greater sustainability of science gateways is establishing on-campus teams. Researchers are served more efficiently since the support by experienced developers reduces individual project investments, and a team can bring the diversity of required expertise for a well-designed science gateway. This paper goes into detail about the challenges and the benefits of on-campus groups and of sharing resources across a campus. We provide four successful cases, describe the services of the Science Gateways Community Institute (SGCI) to support the process in building such groups, and recommend strategies for using free campus resources

Science Gateways and the Importance of Sustainability

<p>This is a position paper for a workshop on software sustainability (http://wssspe.researchcomputing.org.uk). The paper specifically focuses on the issue of science gateway or web portal sustainability in research communities.</p

Engineering Research Center Observatory

This poster provides an overview of the Engineering Research Observatory. The goal for the project is to develop and deploy interactive data visualizations for NSF staff, researchers, and students to increase their understanding of temporal, geospatial, topical, and network patterns and trends in engineering. <br

ICTBioMed NCIP Science Gateway: A Hub for Collaborative Cancer Research

<div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>Cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide according to the World Health Organization and it imposes a big challenge for the researchers and the scientific community. Complex problems like cancer cannot be solved by a single research institute by using traditional methods. The fight against cancer requires the collaborative efforts of multidisciplinary institutes and research labs across the countries. The collaborative efforts should be augmented with the support of high-performance computing and databases by providing a common platform for integrated research. The National Cancer Informatics Program (NCIP) launched by National Institutes of Health (NIH) supports biomedical informatics in cancer research. NCIP offers among other resources the NCIP Hub, a science gateway for helping to accelerate innovation in the cancer research community. NCIP Hub is based on the science gateway framework HUBzero® and allows for creation of projects sharing data and running data analysis with different tools such as 3D Slicer, an open source software platform for medical image informatics, image processing, and three-dimensional visualization.</i></div><div><i>The ICTBioMed (International Consortium for Technology in Biomedicine) consortium applies the NCIP Hub to combine efforts of a variety of knowledge and expertise benefiting the cancer research. ICTBioMed is a consortium of domain researchers, experts in high-performance computing centers and organizations concerned with applications in health informatics. Members include OHSL (Open Health Systems Laboratory), USA; C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing), Pune, India; PSNC (Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center), Poznan, Poland; the University of Notre Dame Center for Research Computing, Notre Dame, USA; Chalmers University Life Sciences Supercomputing Networking Center, Gothenburg, Sweden and Internet2, USA. Additionally, experts from Arizona State University's Computational Sciences and Complex Adaptive Systems Initiative; Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center and Tata Memorial Center in India are also involved. The ICTBioMed team is working with the HUBzero® team of Purdue University for implementing a Docker [9] execution host model, which integrates into the HUBzero® platform. ICTBioMed has created Docker containers with pre-configured workflows used by cancer researchers. Example data sets are included in the Docker container for the proof of concept and the prototype for testing these Docker containers is underway.</i></div><div><i>The enhancement will provide a seamless approach for execution of cancer-related workflows and will be available to all projects in the NCIP Hub. The science gateway opens new avenues for future collaborations across the countries to solve common problems and gives stronger opportunity to fight cancer. </i></div></div