Science Gateways: The Long Road to the Birth of an Institute

• DOI: 10.24251/hicss.2017.755
• Publication Date: 2017-06-08T19:04:45Z
• Authors: Sandra Gesing; Nancy Wilkins-Diehr; Maytal Dahan; Katherine Lawrence; Michael Zentner; Marlon Pierce; Linda Hayden; Suresh Marru
• Keywords: Gateway (web page); Internetworking

Nowadays, research in various disciplines is enhanced via computational methods, cutting-edge technologies and diverse resources including infrastructures instruments. Such are often complex researchers need means to conduct their an efficient way without getting distracted with information technology nuances. Science gateways address such demands offer user interfaces tailored a specific community. Creators of science face breadth topics manifold challenges, which necessitate close collaboration the domain specialists but also calling experts for aspects gateway as project management, licensing, team composition, sustainability, HPC, visualization, usability specialists. The Gateway Community Institute tackles challenges around support developers connecting them experts, offering consultancy well providing software collaborative, contains ready-to-use frameworks components.