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Scientific Workflow Use Cases, version 1.1

Pierce, Marlon; Madduri, Ravi; Marru, Suresh

Content Files
SW-version-1.1.pdf

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/104715

Description

Title
Scientific Workflow Use Cases, version 1.1
Author(s)
  • Pierce, Marlon
  • Madduri, Ravi
  • Marru, Suresh
Contributor(s)
Liming, R. Lee
Issue Date
2019-08-21
Keyword(s)
  • XSEDE
  • use cases
  • workflow
  • high-performance computing
  • high-throughput computing
Date of Ingest
2019-08-21T16:40:20Z
Abstract
These use cases describe how researchers use workflow tools to automate complex research computing processes. There are at least two motivations for automation: first, to improve research productivity by freeing researchers from time-consuming tasks that can be automated; second, to make the research process reproducible, capturing and recording every step of the process so other researchers can inspect and validate the process behind the researcher’s conclusions. Research computing processes are extremely diverse. Consequently, there are a variety of workflow tools in use. The public research computing community enables workflow tools by providing APIs for basic computing services, such as: job submission and management, data movement, and resource configuration and status information. Using these APIs, a workflow tool can automate the execution of a research computing process. Another important community function is coordinating the execution environments across resources: making them as similar as possible so individual research jobs can be run on a wider variety of computing resources.
Series/Report Name or Number
Scientific Workflow Use Cases, v1.1
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
  • Technical Report
  • Working / Discussion Paper
Language
en
Permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/2142/104715
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
National Science Foundation, OCI-1053575

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