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Guide to e-Science

Next Generation Scientific Research and Discovery

  • Includes contributions from an international selection of preeminent e-science experts and practitioners
  • Examines how e-science techniques can be used to facilitate “open” research and resource sharing, data-intensive research, collaborative research, and scientific workflows
  • Describes applications of e-science, highlighting systems used in the fields of biometrics, clinical medicine, and ecology

Part of the book series: Computer Communications and Networks (CCN)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. e-Science, Easy Science

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 451-451
  2. e-Science: easy Science

    1. Face Recognition Using Global and Local Salient Features

      • Dakshina Ranjan Kisku, Phalguni Gupta, Jamuna Kanta Sing, Massimo Tistarelli
      Pages 453-477
    2. OGSA-Based SOA for Collaborative Cancer Research: System Modeling and Generation

      • Tianyi Zang, Radu Calinescu, Marta Kwiatkowska
      Pages 479-505
  3. Back Matter

    Pages 533-538

About this book

This guidebook on e-science presents real-world examples of practices and applications, demonstrating how a range of computational technologies and tools can be employed to build essential infrastructures supporting next-generation scientific research. Each chapter provides introductory material on core concepts and principles, as well as descriptions and discussions of relevant e-science methodologies, architectures, tools, systems, services and frameworks. Features: includes contributions from an international selection of preeminent e-science experts and practitioners; discusses use of mainstream grid computing and peer-to-peer grid technology for “open” research and resource sharing in scientific research; presents varied methods for data management in data-intensive research; investigates issues of e-infrastructure interoperability, security, trust and privacy for collaborative research; examines workflow technology for the automation of scientific processes; describes applications of e-science.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Reading e-Science Centre, Harry Pitt Building, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

    Xiaoyu Yang

  • Pervasive Technology Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

    Lizhe Wang

  • Fac. Professional Studies, School of Computing, Thames Valley University, Ealing, London, United Kingdom

    Wei Jie

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eBook USD 129.00
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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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