scholarly journals Big Data and Analysis of Data Transfers for International Research Networks Using NetSage

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Gonzalez ◽  
Jason Leigh ◽  
Sean Peisert ◽  
Brian Tierney ◽  
Edward Balas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
International Research ◽  
Research Networks ◽  
Data Transfers

Performance Evaluation of Protocols for Big Data Transfers

Big Data ◽  
2016 ◽  
pp. 43-95
Author(s):  
Se-young Yu ◽  
Nevil Brownlee ◽  
Aniket Mahanti
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Data Transfers

scholarly journals Understanding the Value of International Research Networks: An Evaluation of the International Cancer Screening Network of the US National Cancer Institute

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Amanda L. Vogel ◽  
Douglas M. Puricelli Perin ◽  
Ya-Ling Lu ◽  
Stephen H. Taplin
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
National Cancer Institute ◽  
International Research ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Scientific Progress ◽  
Scientific Meeting ◽  
Research Networks ◽  
The Us ◽  
Knowledge Of Cancer

PURPOSE International research networks have the potential to accelerate scientific progress via knowledge sharing and collaboration. In 2018, the US National Cancer Institute evaluated the International Cancer Screening Network (ICSN), in operation since 1988. METHODS ICSN hosts a biennial scientific meeting and scientific working groups. A survey was fielded to 665 ICSN participants, and a bibliometric analysis was conducted for ICSN publications. RESULTS A total of 243 individuals completed the survey (36.5%). They reported that participating in the ICSN helped advance their knowledge of cancer screening research (75.7%), policy development (56%), and implementation (47.7%). Approximately three-quarters agreed that ICSN facilitated knowledge sharing and networking among researchers and implementers (79.9%) and those working on different continents (74.0%) and cancer sites (73.7%). More than half reported that participating helped them form new collaborations in screening implementation (58.0%) or research (57.6%). Most agreed that ICSN helped to advance screening research and evaluation (75.4%), effective screening practices (71.2%), and screening policies (60.9%). Many reported that participating informed advances in their own research (68.7%) and screening implementation (50.2%) and policies (49.4%) in their settings. Approximately two-thirds agreed that ICSN helped advance career development among current experts (66.6%) and train the next generation (62.2%). Half (51.4%) reported that participating advanced their own careers. The 20 ICSN publications included 75 coauthors. They were cited in 589 publications with more than 2,000 coauthors. CONCLUSION Findings provide evidence of the influence of ICSN on international knowledge dissemination, collaboration, and advances in cancer screening research, implementation, and policies and highlight the potential value of longstanding international research networks.

An Appreciation of Professor Norman Jones’ Contributions to Impact Engineering

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Q. M. Li
Keyword(s):  
International Research ◽  
Royal Academy ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Research Networks ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
The Past ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Engineering Problems

This article summarises Professor Norman Jones’ academic career and his scholarly contributions to impact engineering. In the past 50 years, Professor Jones has performed profound research on a wide range of impact engineering problems, supervised postgraduate students, researchers and academic visitors from all over the world, initiated international research networks and conferences, and has played important roles in consulting government bodies and in generally serving the academic community. Due to his research excellence and achievements, Professor Jones has received numerous prestigious awards and titles including Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering and Foreign Fellowship of the Indian National Academy of Engineering.

scholarly journals Optimized Data Transfers Based on the OpenCL Event Management Mechanism

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Takizawa ◽  
Shoichi Hirasawa ◽  
Makoto Sugawara ◽  
Isaac Gelado ◽  
Hiroaki Kobayashi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Data Transfer ◽  
Data File ◽  
Transfer Performance ◽  
Event Management ◽  
Management Mechanism ◽  
File Access ◽  
Programming Techniques ◽  
Data Transfers ◽  
Main Thread

In standard OpenCL programming, hosts are supposed to control their compute devices. Since compute devices are dedicated to kernel computation, only hosts can execute several kinds of data transfers such as internode communication and file access. These data transfers require one host to simultaneously play two or more roles due to the need for collaboration between the host and devices. The codes for such data transfers are likely to be system-specific, resulting in low portability. This paper proposes an OpenCL extension that incorporates such data transfers into the OpenCL event management mechanism. Unlike the current OpenCL standard, the main thread running on the host is not blocked to serialize dependent operations. Hence, an application can easily use the opportunities to overlap parallel activities of hosts and compute devices. In addition, the implementation details of data transfers are hidden behind the extension, and application programmers can use the optimized data transfers without any tricky programming techniques. The evaluation results show that the proposed extension can use the optimized data transfer implementation and thereby increase the sustained data transfer performance by about 18% for a real application accessing a big data file.

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