e-Science and its implications

Hey, T. and Trefethen, A. (2003) e-Science and its implications. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 361 (1809). pp. 1809-1825. ISSN 1364-503X

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Abstract

After a defnition of e-science and the Grid, the paper begins with an overview of
the technological context of Grid developments. NASA’s Information Power Grid is
described as an early example of a ‘prototype production Grid’. The discussion of
e-science and the Grid is then set in the context of the UK e-Science Programme
and is illustrated with reference to some UK e-science projects in science, engineering
and medicine. The Open Standards approach to Grid middleware adopted by the
community in the Global Grid Forum is described and compared with community based
standardization processes used for the Internet, MPI, Linux and theWeb. Some
implications of the imminent data deluge that will arise from the new generation of
e-science experiments in terms of archiving and curation are then considered. The
paper concludes with remarks about social and technological issues posed by Grid enabled
‘collaboratories’ in both scientific and commercial contexts.

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