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Enabling community access to TeraGrid visualization resources
Author(s) -
Binns Justin,
DiCarlo Jonathan,
Insley Joseph A.,
Leggett Ti,
Lueninghoener Cory,
Navarro JohnPaul,
Papka Michael E.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
concurrency and computation: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.309
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1532-0634
pISSN - 1532-0626
DOI - 10.1002/cpe.1080
Subject(s) - computer science , visualization , gateway (web page) , world wide web , process (computing) , data science , data visualization , population , data mining , demography , sociology , operating system
Abstract Visualization is an important part of the data analysis process. Many researchers, however, do not have access to the resources required to do visualization effectively for large datasets. This problem is illustrated through several user scenarios. To remedy this problem, we propose a Visualization Gateway that provides simplified access to such resources to a broad population of users. The current implementation of this gateway is described, including the technology used and the services made available. In particular, a detailed description of a ParaView portlet is included. A proposed design for enabling access to community users is discussed. Technology as well as policy issues that were raised, including security and data management, are covered, as are methods for providing additional services, scaling to include additional resources, and other areas of future development. The paper concludes with a summary of the topics covered. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.