Data Science Journal (Mar 2013)
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
Affiliations
- 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
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12
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.
Keywords
- Science cloud
- Informatics
- Observation
- Experiment
- Computer simulation
- Data intensive science
- Data-oriented science
- Large-scale storage
- Super computer
