Integrating Modeling Tools with a Shared Data Architecture on the HUBzero Platform

Seminars | 07 Apr 2011 | Contributor(s): Anna Alber

Authors: Anna Alber and Timothy WrightThe HUBzero platform does a good job of bringing users and modeling tools together. However, hubs are generally intended to deploy tools of modest means, with input and output data not readily shared across user accounts. In answer to this issue, we have...

Database Technology at the HUB: Interactive Data Views for Community Shared Data

Seminars | 07 Apr 2011 | Contributor(s): Ann Christine Catlin

A new "database" resource has been developed to serve the data sharing needs of hub communities. This resource was designed and implemented at cceHUB for the Cancer Care Engineering project, and is now operating across six hubs, offering sixteen community databases. The support...

Using HUBzero to Support Scientific Projects (Part 2)

Series | 07 Apr 2011

HUBzero supports more than 25 hubs in a wide range of disciplines including nanotechnology, cancer care, bio-fuels, battery technology for electric vehicles, earthquake engineering, volcanic activity, pharmaceutical engineering, microelectromechanical systems, environmental modeling, and heat...

Using HUBzero to Support Scientific Projects (Part 1)

Series | 06 Apr 2011

HUBzero supports more than 25 hubs in a wide range of disciplines including nanotechnology, cancer care, bio-fuels, battery technology for electric vehicles, earthquake engineering, volcanic activity, pharmaceutical engineering, microelectromechanical systems, environmental modeling, and heat...

Groups, More than Just Collaboration

Seminars | 06 Apr 2011 | Contributor(s): Christopher A Smoak

Groups are one one of the most important and easiest ways for hub users to collaborate within their projects. Groups not only wanted a way to have discussions, and have their own private resources, and even share a blog, but they also wanted a way to showcase their group to the outside...

HUBbub 2011 Morning Sessions, Day 2

Series | 06 Apr 2011

HUBzero® is a platform for creating web sites that support scientific research, education, and collaboration. Released as open source during HUBbub 2010 and a new version being released this year at HUBbub 2011, the HUBzero® Platform is the basis of nanoHUB.org and 25 other sites, delivering...

Enhancing hub technology for education, outreach and training efforts

Seminars | 06 Apr 2011 | Contributor(s): Jason Lambert

The George E. Brown Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulations (NEES) has many stakeholders for the education, outreach and training (EOT) program with various needs. The EOT development team has customized the core hub code with additional modules to support continuing education for...

Installing the HUBzero Software

Seminars | 03 Apr 2011 | Contributor(s): Sam Wilson

This is the second of three presentations from HUBbub 2011 on Advanced Topics. This particular session covers the basics of setting up the HUBzero Virtual Machine (VM) image. The purpose of using this VM image is it provides a risk-free way of giving the whole HUBzero software stack a trial run,...

Advanced Topics

Series | 03 Apr 2011 | Contributor(s): Sam Wilson, John B Rosheck, Steven Snyder

Interested in installing a new hub or modifying the code for your existing hub? This session will dive in deeper and give you a chance to ask tough questions. Specifically, this tutorial will address the following advanced topics:Enhancing web functionality through template overridesInstalling...

Publishing New Resources

Seminars | 03 Apr 2011 | Contributor(s): Sam Wilson

This is the third of six presentations on configuring and managing your Hub presented at HUBbub 2011. By the end of this presentation, you should be able to understand the settings around resources on the hub, create all of the standard resources, and properly set their access level.

Home Page Customization

Seminars | 03 Apr 2011 | Contributor(s): Sam Wilson

This is the second of six presentations on configuring and managing your Hub presented at HUBbub 2011. By the end of this presentation, you should be able to modify the home page to include a range of static and dynamic content provided by the use of HTML and modules.

Content Customization

Seminars | 02 Apr 2011 | Contributor(s): Sam Wilson

This is the first of six presentations on configuring and managing your Hub presented at HUBbub 2011. By the time you're finished with this presentation, you should be able to create article pages, understand how URLs are formed, and add a menu to organize your article pages.

Configuring and Managing Your Hub

Series | 02 Apr 2011 | Contributor(s): Nikki Huang, Sam Wilson

Congratulations! Your HUBzero software is installed. Now what? Each new hub requires some configuration and customization, and once the hub is online and open to users, it requires some care and feeding. For example, you may configure your hub so that new content must be approved before it...

HUBbub 2011 Morning Sessions, Day 1

Series | 02 Apr 2011

HUBzero® is a platform for creating web sites that support scientific research, education, and collaboration. Released as open source during HUBbub 2010 and a new version being released this year at HUBbub 2011, the HUBzero® Platform is the basis of nanoHUB.org and 25 other sites, delivering...

Creating and Deploying Scientific Tools

Courses | 02 Apr 2011

HUBzero lets you access simulation tools online via an ordinary web browser. Where do the tools come from? From you--hundreds of you throughout the world who are developing simulation and modeling tools for your hub. Anyone can upload their own code onto a hub and publish a tool for a limited...

Uploading and Publishing New Tools

Seminars | 02 Apr 2011 | Contributor(s): Michael McLennan

HUBzero lets you access simulation tools online via an ordinary web browser. Where do the tools come from? From you--hundreds of you throughout the world who are developing simulation and modeling tools for your hub. Anyone can upload their own code onto a hub and publish a tool for a limited...

Regression Testing

Seminars | 02 Apr 2011 | Contributor(s): Michael McLennan

This talk describes the new Rappture Regression Tester tool, which executes a series of tests that you define to verify the correct operation of your tool. Use this tool as you fix bugs and introduce new features, to make sure that your tool continues to function correctly in all cases.

Advanced Visualization

Seminars | 02 Apr 2011 | Contributor(s): Michael McLennan

This talk shows how to generate complex outputs and leverage Rappture's built-in visualization capabilities. Use mesh and field objects to create contour plots and surface plots. Use the structure object to represent molecules. Use the sequence to group images, plots, and molecules into animated...

More Rappture Objects

Seminars | 02 Apr 2011 | Contributor(s): Michael McLennan

This talk shows how to create more complex arrangements of controls. Use the group object to group related input elements. Use the phase object to create separate panels of controls. Use the enabled tag to enable/disable one control based on the value of another. Use the note object to add...

What's Under the Hood?

Seminars | 02 Apr 2011 | Contributor(s): Michael McLennan

This talk shows how Rappture invokes your tool, passes in input values, and extracts output results. It takes a close look at the XML language that Rappture uses to describe your tool.