E-Science – Multidisciplinarity supported and working International Review Edinburgh Malcolm Atkinson Director e-Science Institute & e-Science Envoy 7 th December 2006

Overview Welcome E-Science Support for multidisciplinary research E-Science Flourishing multidisciplinary research

Breadth & Community Thriving Community All disciplines & all Research Councils Industry & Academia Many universities & research institutes UK e-Science All Hands Meetings Productive collaboration

All Hands Meetings

e-Science Institute Edinburgh We are here Themes Workshops Visitors Summer Schools

e-Science Centres in the UK Oxford Edinburgh Belfast Cambridge CCLRC Daresbury Manchester London Newcastle Southampton Cardiff CCLRC RAL Glasgow e-Science Centres Leicester London Birmingham Bristol Lancaster Reading e-Science Centres of Excellence Access Grid Support Centre Access Grid Support Centre Digital Curation Centre National Grid Service National Grid Service National Centre for e-Social Science National Centre for e-Social Science National Centre for Text Mining National Centre for Text Mining National Institute for Environmental e-Science National Institute for Environmental e-Science Open Middleware Infrastructure Institute Open Middleware Infrastructure Institute Other centres Coordination & Leadership: NeSC & e-Science Directors Forum Leeds York Sheffield

National Centre for e-Social Science Colchester University of Essex Lancaster Bristol Leeds University of Manchester Manchester Nottingham London Oxford Aberdeen

National Grid Service and partners CCLRC RAL Edinburgh CCLRC Daresbury Manchester Lancaster London Cardiff Bristol Leeds York Sheffield

OMII-UK nodes Southampton Manchester University of Manchester School of Electronics and Computer Science University of Southampton School of Electronics and Computer Science University of Southampton Edinburgh EPCC National e-Science Centre EPCC National e-Science Centre

Digital Curation Centre and partners Glasgow Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute Bath UKOLN (formerly UK Office for Library Networking) CCLRC Daresbury CCLRC RAL Rutherford Appleton and Daresbury Laboratories Edinburgh Database Research Group, School of Informatics AHRC Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law EDINA National e-Science Centre Database Research Group, School of Informatics AHRC Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law EDINA National e-Science Centre

e-Science Example Projects Significant outputs from projects Research results Commercial impact Outreach and multinational influence Using GRID Resources Scientific Information Scientific Discover y In Real Time Literatur e Datab ases Operational Data Images Instrument Data Real Time Data Integration Dynamic Application Integration Discovery Services Integrative Knowledge Management Service Workflow

DAME Aims to manage >1Tb per year of Aero Engine vibration and maintenance data. Interlinks with search and reasoning services. Defined and evaluated a distributed search system. GSI enabled secure engine performance simulation CBR advisor for diagnostic engineer A data architecture defined based on Globus and SRB. BROADEN DTI Project (£3.9M) Spun out technology exploited through Cybula Ltd., Oxford Biosignals and DS&S. Successful mid-term demonstrator well received by Rolls Royce White Rose Grid: experience of building & using production Grids In Grid Blue Print 2 edition 2 Jim Austin (Comp Sci, York) 4 Universities and institutes 3 Companies Aircraft healthcare diagnosis

climateprediction.net Users Worldwide >300,000 users total (90% MS Windows): >60,000 active ~17 million model-years simulated (as of September '06) ~180,000 completed simulations The world's largest climate modelling supercomputer! (NB: a black dot is one or more computers running climateprediction.net )

Modelling and Simulation for e-Social Science (MoSeS) University of Leeds Rationale Urban Simulation Modelling written off by mainstream geography in 1970s Urban Simulation Modelling written off by mainstream geography in 1970s –But technological conditions now entirely different –Imperative to review previous assumptions Experience of GMAP in the private sector demonstrates the applied value of spatial analysis and modelling to location planning Experience of GMAP in the private sector demonstrates the applied value of spatial analysis and modelling to location planningObjectives Development of a national demographic model specified for a synthetic population of individuals and households Development of a national demographic model specified for a synthetic population of individuals and households –Components include estimation, updating, forecasting and activity modelling Application of the model to policy domains including health, business, and leisure Application of the model to policy domains including health, business, and leisure

Workshop 1: Kyra Norman and Orchestra Cube; Photo: Rob Bristow, June 2006 Slide: Angela Piccini

Bi-Stability of the Thermohaline Circulation (THC) Single point in model parameter space sensitive to initial conditions Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation [MOC] (Sv) Annual Average Air Temperature Difference (K) ON – OFF How close are we to collapse of the thermohaline circulation? OFFON Marsh, R. J. et al. (2004) Climate Dynamics

e-Science Research More than 150 projects >80% multidisciplinary by number >90% multidisciplinary by value Across all disciplines With industry Many multi-national High output ~400 papers from first 6 EPSRC projects 11 papers in Nature from NERC projects Supporting infrastructure