A Science Cloud for Data Intensive Sciences

Ken T Murata; Shinichi Watari; Tsutomu Nagatsuma; Manabu Kunitake; Hidenobu Watanabe; Kazunori Yamamoto; Yasufumi Kubota; Hisao Kato; Takuya Tsugawa; Kentaro Ukawa; Kazuya Muranaga; Eizen Kimura; Osamu Tatebe; Keiichiro Fukazawa; Yasuhiro Murayama

doi:10.2481/dsj.WDS-024

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A Science Cloud for Data Intensive Sciences

Ken T Murata, Shinichi Watari, Tsutomu Nagatsuma, Manabu Kunitake, Hidenobu Watanabe, Kazunori Yamamoto, Yasufumi Kubota, Hisao Kato, Takuya Tsugawa, Kentaro Ukawa, Kazuya Muranaga, Eizen Kimura, Osamu Tatebe, Keiichiro Fukazawa, Yasuhiro Murayama

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Ken T Murata
Space Weather and Environment Informatics Lab, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Tokyo, Japan
Shinichi Watari
Space Weather and Environment Informatics Lab, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Tokyo, Japan
Tsutomu Nagatsuma
Space Weather and Environment Informatics Lab, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Tokyo, Japan
Manabu Kunitake
Space Weather and Environment Informatics Lab, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Tokyo, Japan
Hidenobu Watanabe
Space Weather and Environment Informatics Lab, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Tokyo, Japan
Kazunori Yamamoto
Space Weather and Environment Informatics Lab, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Tokyo, Japan
Yasufumi Kubota
Space Weather and Environment Informatics Lab, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Tokyo, Japan
Hisao Kato
Space Weather and Environment Informatics Lab, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Tokyo, Japan
Takuya Tsugawa
Space Weather and Environment Informatics Lab, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Tokyo, Japan
Kentaro Ukawa
Space Weather and Environment Informatics Lab, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Tokyo, Japan
Systems Engineering Consultants Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
Kazuya Muranaga
Space Weather and Environment Informatics Lab, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Tokyo, Japan
Systems Engineering Consultants Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
Eizen Kimura
Dept. Medical Informatics of Medical School of Ehime Univ., Ehime, Japan
Osamu Tatebe
Dept.Computer Science, Univ. of Tsukuba, Tsukuba Science City, Japan
Keiichiro Fukazawa
Research Institute for Information Technology, Kyushu University, Fukoda, Japan
Yasuhiro Murayama
Integrated Science Data System Research Lab, NICT, Tokyo, Japan

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

JOURNAL FREE ACCESS Advance online publication

Article ID: WDS-024

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

The final version of this article is now available: Vol. 12 (2013) pp. WDS139-WDS146

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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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