A Science Cloud for Data Intensive Sciences

Authors

  • Ken T Murata Space Weather and Environment Informatics Lab, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), 4-2-1 Nukui-kita, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8795, Japan
  • Shinichi Watari Space Weather and Environment Informatics Lab, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), 4-2-1 Nukui-kita, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8795, Japan
  • Tsutomu Nagatsuma Space Weather and Environment Informatics Lab, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), 4-2-1 Nukui-kita, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8795, Japan
  • Manabu Kunitake Space Weather and Environment Informatics Lab, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), 4-2-1 Nukui-kita, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8795, Japan
  • Hidenobu Watanabe Space Weather and Environment Informatics Lab, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), 4-2-1 Nukui-kita, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8795, Japan
  • Kazunori Yamamoto Space Weather and Environment Informatics Lab, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), 4-2-1 Nukui-kita, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8795, Japan
  • Yasufumi Kubota Space Weather and Environment Informatics Lab, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), 4-2-1 Nukui-kita, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8795, Japan
  • Hisao Kato Space Weather and Environment Informatics Lab, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), 4-2-1 Nukui-kita, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8795, Japan
  • Takuya Tsugawa Space Weather and Environment Informatics Lab, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), 4-2-1 Nukui-kita, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8795, Japan
  • Kentaro Ukawa Space Weather and Environment Informatics Lab, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), 4-2-1 Nukui-kita, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8795, Japan, Systems Engineering Consultants Co. Ltd. 4-10-1, Yoga, Setagaya, Tokyo 58-0097, Japan
  • Kazuya Muranaga Space Weather and Environment Informatics Lab, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), 4-2-1 Nukui-kita, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8795, Japan, Systems Engineering Consultants Co. Ltd. 4-10-1, Yoga, Setagaya, Tokyo 58-0097, Japan
  • Eizen Kimura Dept. Medical Informatics of Medical School of Ehime Univ., Situkawa, Toon City, Ehime, 791-0295, Japan
  • Osamu Tatebe Dept.Computer Science, Univ. of Tsukuba, Tenoudai 1-1-1, Tsukuba Science City, Ibaraki 305-8573, Japan
  • Keiichiro Fukazawa Research Institute for Information Technology, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-Ku, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan
  • Yasuhiro Murayama Integrated Science Data System Research Lab, NICT, 4-2-1 Nukui-kita, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8795, Japan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2481/dsj.WDS-024

Keywords:

Science cloud, Informatics, Observation, Experiment, Computer simulation, Data intensive science, Data-oriented science, Large-scale storage, Super computer

Abstract

It is often discussed that the fourth methodology for science research is "informatics". The first methodology is a theoretic approach, the second one is observation and/or experiment, and the third one is computer simulation. Informatics is a new methodology for data intensive science, which is a new concept based on the fact that most scientific data are digitalized and the amount of data is huge. The facilities to support informatics are cloud systems. Herein we propose a cloud system especially designed for science. The basic concepts, design, resources, implementation, and applications of the NICT science cloud are discussed.

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Published

2013-03-23

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Vol. 12 (2013): Special Issue

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Proceedings Papers

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