Software Framework for Federated Science Instruments
| Autor: | Thomas Naughton, James Arthur Kohl, Jean-Christophe Bilheux, Wael R. Elwasif, Neena Imam, Swen Boehm, Lawrence Sorrillo, Jason Kincl, Satyabrata Sen, Hassina Z. Bilheux, Seth Hitefield, Nageswara S. V. Rao |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | Communications in Computer and Information Science ISBN: 9783030633929 SMC |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-030-63393-6_13 |
| Popis: | There is an unprecedented promise of enhanced capabilities for federations of leadership computing systems and experimental science facilities by leveraging software technologies for fast and efficient operations. These federations seek to unify different science instruments, both computing and experimental, to effectively support science users and operators to execute complex workflows. The FedScI project addresses the software challenges associated with the formation and operation of federated environments by leveraging recent advances in containerization of software and softwarization of hardware. We propose a software framework to streamline the federation usage by science users and it’s provisioning and operations by facility providers. A distinguishing element of our work is the support for improved interaction between experimental devices, such as beam-line instruments, and more traditional high-performance computing resources, including compute, network, storage systems. We present guiding principles for the software framework and highlight portions of a current prototype implementation. We describe our science use case involving neutron imaging beam-lines (SNAP/BL-3, Imaging/CG-1D) at the Spallation Neutron Source and High Flux Isotope Reactor facilities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Additionally, we detail plans for a more direct instrument interaction within a federated environment, which could enable more advanced workflows with feedback loops to shorten the time to science. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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