Guide to e-Science: Next Generation Scientific Research and Discovery

by Lizhe Wang, Wei Jie, Xiaoyu Yang

Book Overview

This guidebook on e-science presents real-world examples of practices and applications, demonstrating how a range of computational technologies and tools can be employed to build essential infrastructures supporting next-generation scientific research. Each chapter provides introductory material on core concepts and principles, as well as descriptions and discussions of relevant e-science methodologies, architectures, tools, systems, services and frameworks. Features: includes contributions from an international selection of preeminent e-science experts and practitioners; discusses use of mainstream grid computing and peer-to-peer grid technology for "open" research and resource sharing in scientific research; presents varied methods for data management in data-intensive research; investigates issues of e-infrastructure interoperability, security, trust and privacy for collaborative research; examines workflow technology for the automation of scientific processes; describes applications of e-science.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857294385
• ISBN13: 9780857294388
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 540 Pages
• Weight: 2.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"