Title :
Remote services of spectroscopy instruments using grid computing
Author :
Ahmed, Mohamed ; Charbonneau, Andre ; Haria, R. ; Impey, Roger ; Mateescu, Gabriel ; Quesnel, Darcy
Author_Institution :
Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
Grid computing supports sharing of distributed resources across boundaries and authorization domains, and can help scientists by providing secure, transparent and easy access to computing resources. We have designed and developed grid-based services for accessing, visualizing, and reliably manipulating remote spectrometry instruments. We harness grid-computing technologies to allow scientists to concentrate on performing experiments and data analysis, without having to become experts in the software technologies enabling these activities.
Keywords :
Internet; data analysis; data visualisation; grid computing; Web services; authorization domains; data analysis; distributed resources sharing; grid-based services; grid-computing technologies; job scheduling; remote spectrometry instruments; single sign-on; software technologies; spectroscopy instruments; visualization; Data visualization; Distributed computing; Grid computing; Instruments; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Resource management; Scheduling; Simple object access protocol; Spectroscopy; Web services;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2003. IEEE CCECE 2003. Canadian Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7781-8
DOI :
10.1109/CCECE.2003.1226079