A Geospatial Search Component for HUBzero

09 Oct 2014 | Contributor(s): Tao Zhang, Brandon M Beatty, Christopher Cody Charles, Nicole Kong

In this presentation, we report the development of a map-based component for browsing and searching for members, events, and jobs information on HABRI (Human-Animal Bond Research Initiative) Central, a HUBzero-based digital library project jointly run by between Purdue Libraries and...

A HUBzero component for experimental knowledge management and data analytics

Seminars | 24 Jun 2016 | Contributor(s): Elçin Içten (presenter)

A workflow based knowledge management system, KProMS, that functions as a HUBzero component has been developed at Purdue University. It captures the complete provenance of knowledge by modeling the details of the associated knowledge generation steps as workflows. Its unique workflow...

A Multi OS Hub Approach: Integrating the Windows Operating System Into the Hub

Seminars | 08 Oct 2014 | Contributor(s): Christopher Joseph Nuland

The Linux operating system lends itself nicely to the Hub platform and tool sets. However, Microsoft Windows is still the most widely used in nearly all industries. For research heavy industries, like nano technology or genetics, Linux is the main operating system of choice; but for industries...

A plugin for integration between moodle and hubzero using IMS LTI

Seminars | 24 Jun 2016 | Contributor(s): Juan Pineda, Juan Guillermo Lalinde (presenter), Ruben Espinosa Roldan, Esteban Alarcón

IMS Learning Tools Interoperability (IMS LTI) is a standard specification that allows the integration of rich learning applications into learning environments. Its main goal is to enhance a transparent relationship between subsystems within a learning environment where the users could be...

AgMIP Data Aggregator: Leveraging Globus Online and HUBzero to Make Global Spatial Data Accessible

Seminars | 09 Oct 2014 | Contributor(s): Lan Zhao, Carol Song, Nelson B. Villoria, Hongjun Choi, Steven Clark

As part of the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP, http://www.agmip.org), the Global Gridded Crop Model Intercomparison group ran a suite of global climate models and crop models to estimate historical and future changes in yields for crops under different climate...

An Integrated Collaborative Environment for Materials Research

Seminars | 24 Jun 2016 | Contributor(s): Matthew D Jacobsen (presenter)

The dramatic rise in the volume, complexity, and utility of digital research data has triggered a need for scientific software systems that can manage this data across a laboratory enterprise. With no turnkey solutions available for this very difficult task, highly customizable and modular...

AWS 101: What is Amazon Web Services and how is Amazon's Cloud used in Science and Education

Seminars | 24 Jun 2016 | Contributor(s): Steve Elliot (presenter)

Amazon Web Services is used by over 1 million customers and 4500 different academic institutions around the globe. AWS users leverage Amazon’s cloud for everything from mission critical space operations to launching new business and social apps or running large compute jobs across thousands...

Building the real-time hub

Seminars | 08 Oct 2014 | Contributor(s): Andy Burnett, David Lomas

Many forms of collaboration can be significantly enhanced through the addition of real-time interaction. This presentation will cover our experiments in integrating Node.js with HUBzero, and creating real-time applications that live within the existing HUBzero framework.

Center for Trustworthy Scientific Cyberinfrastructure

Seminars | 09 Oct 2014 | Contributor(s): Von Welch

The Center for Trustworthy Scientific Cyberinfrastructure (CTSC / trustedci.org) is a NSF-funded project to provide cybersecurity leadership and applied research for the NSF scientific computing community. CTSC has engaged with nearly a dozen NSF project on cybersecurity challenges as well as...

Complex Workloads on HUBzero – Pegasus Workflow Management System

Seminars | 24 Jun 2016 | Contributor(s): Karan Vahi (presenter), Mats Rynge, Steven Clark, Ewa Deelman

The HUBzero platform for scientific collaboration enables tool developers to build tools that are easily shared with both researchers and educators. This enables users to login and start their analysis without worrying about setup and configuration of the tools. Once, the analysis is done...

Computational System Federation through a Common Service Bus

Seminars | 24 Jun 2016 | Contributor(s): James Fourman, Matthew D Jacobsen, Kevin Porter, Claire Stirm

The Integrated Collaborative Environment (ICE) is a federated software framework that aims at connecting disparate systems for the purpose of enhanced productivity in the AFRL community. To meet demands for greater efficiency and better research, ICE acts as a common mediator between numerous...

Creating a Materials Innovation Infrastructure

Seminars | 08 Oct 2014 | Contributor(s): Matthew D Jacobsen, Charles Ward

Establishing a pervasive Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) environment requires model-based definition of materials and processes in a historically ad hoc and disconnected research environment, which in turn demands a significant paradigm shift in both capability and culture....

CyberInfrastructure for Computational Science

Seminars | 08 Oct 2014 | Contributor(s): Victoria Stodden

From funding agency initiatives to changes in research and teaching practices, it is becoming widely recognized that computational environments are a key component in the generation of reliable scientific results. In this talk I trace some of the history of Problem Solving Environments (PSEs),...

Data-driven Collaboration Environments: Integrating HUBZero and iRODS

Seminars | 24 Jun 2016 | Contributor(s): Rajesh Kalyanam (presenter), Lan Zhao, Rob Campbell, Carol Song

As part of an effort to establish a community-based data sharing environment, we previously developed a HUBzero-based web component, iData. Using the open-source data management software, iRODS, iData provides hub users and tools with the ability to publish, manage, discover and consume data in a...

Developing a Collaborative Environment for Useful to Usable Project

Seminars | 09 Oct 2014 | Contributor(s): Larry Biehl (presenter), Carol Song, Lan Zhao, Christopher Panza, Brian Raub, Luke Policinski

HUBzero is being used as a collaborative environment for the Useful to Usable (U2U) project funded by the USDA. U2U is an integrated research and extension project working to improve farm resilience and profitability in the North Central U.S. by transforming existing climate data into usable...

Developing Geospatial Modeling and Data Analysis Building Blocks in HUBzero (GABBs)

Seminars | 09 Oct 2014 | Contributor(s): Carol Song, Larry Biehl, Venkatesh Merwade, Nelson Villoria

Responding to the need for geospatial tool and data capabilities in HUBzero from various communities, a Purdue team is developing and integrating geospatial capabilities into the HUBzero software. Funded by the National Science Foundation’s Data Infrastructure Building Blocks (DIBBs)...

Dynamic Graphical Workflow Management in the Hub

Seminars | 24 Jun 2016 | Contributor(s): Jason Michael Thiese, Matthew D Jacobsen, James Fourman, Claire Stirm

A graphical workflow management system is being developed to meet multiple research community needs, such as the coordination of experiments and simulations, data capture using consistent formats, avoidance of data loss, scheduling of resources, and traceability of the overall research process....

Enhancement of System Design and the Research Landscape through Process and Data Modeling

Seminars | 24 Jun 2016 | Contributor(s): Elizabeth Wirrig, Matthew D Jacobsen, Lori Simmons, Lydia O\'connell, K. Rebecca Servaites, Kevin Porter, Claire Stirm

One purpose of the Materials Genome Initiative is to reduce the lead time of materials development. In support of this initiative, Integrated Computational Materials Science and Engineering (ICMSE) in the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate at the Air Force Research Laboratory is developing a...

Federated Identity Management with OpenID Connect & Federated Digital Object Management through Persistent Identification

Series | 24 Jun 2016 | Contributor(s): Kevin Porter, Matthew D Jacobsen, Jason Michael Thiese, Claire Stirm

The Integrated Collaborative Environment (ICE) is a federated software framework that aims at connecting disparate systems for the purpose of enhanced productivity in the AFRL community. To meet demands for greater efficiency and better research, ICE acts as a common mediator between numerous...

Fez: a Hatrack for your Metadata

Seminars | 09 Oct 2014 | Contributor(s): Sam Wilson, Nathan Denny

Research data is being generated and modified at an increasingly accelerated rate. Iterations and derivations are being crafted at an almost equal velocity. With this increase comes a growing need to track the metadata about the data being generated. This data is currently typically housed in...