ALBA Cooperative Environment for Scientific Experiments

2008 ◽  
pp. 52-58
Author(s):  
Andrea Bosin ◽  
Nicoletta Dessì ◽  
Maria Grazia Fugini ◽  
Diego Liberati ◽  
Barbara Pes
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Dynamics ◽  
Scientific Experiments ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
Cooperative Enterprise

Scientific experiments are supported by activities that create, use, communicate and distribute information and whose organizational dynamics is similar to processes performed by distributed cooperative enterprise units. The aim of this chapter is to describe the approach undertaken in the Advanced Lab for Bioinformatics Agencies (ALBA) project to the design and management of cooperative scientific experiments (Bosin et al., 2006). A framework is used that defines the responsibility of computational nodes in offering services and the set of rules under which each service can be accessed by networked nodes through invocation mechanisms in the service-oriented style of computing and collaborating (COOPIS, 2005).

The Future of Portals in E-Science

2011 ◽  
pp. 413-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Bosin ◽  
Nicoletta Dessì ◽  
Maria Grazia Fugini ◽  
Diego Liberati ◽  
Barbara Pes
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Organizational Dynamics ◽  
Grid Structure ◽  
Scientific Experiments ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Cooperative Enterprise ◽  
The Web

Scientific experiments are executed through activities that create, use, communicate and distribute information whose organizational dynamics are similar to processes performed by distributed cooperative enterprise units. On this premise, the aim of this article is to discuss how a portal-based approach can support the design and management of cooperative scientific experiments executed with a strong information and communication technologies (ICT) support and in a distributed manner, hence named e-experiments. The approach assumes the Web, Web services and the grid as the enacting paradigm for formalizing e-experiments as cooperative services on various computational nodes of a network. A framework is proposed that defines the responsibility of actors of the e-experiment and of the e-nodes in offering services, as well as the portal architecture through which the e-experiment resources can be accessed. By discussing a case study in the field of bioinformatics, the article shows how an e-experiment can be planned and executed starting from a set of Web services inserted in a portal and invoked upon the possibly underlying grid structure.

A Framework for Networked Experiments in Global E-Science

2013 ◽  
pp. 148-159
Author(s):  
Diego Liberati
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Organizational Dynamics ◽  
Learning Contexts ◽  
Educational Environments ◽  
Micro Array ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Cooperative Enterprise ◽  
Educational Interactions

This chapter presents a framework that creates, uses, and communicates information whose organizational dynamics allow individuals to perform a distributed cooperative enterprise in public educational environments. The approach presented here assumes Web services (possibly offered over a grid) are the enacting paradigm used to formalize educational interactions as cooperative services on various computational nodes of a network. By examining a case study involving a well known micro-array experiment in the growing field of bioinformatics, this chapter will detail how specific classes of interactions can be mapped into a service-oriented model that can be implemented in a variety of e-learning contexts. This framework illustrated by this case study allows for a sophisticated degree of e-learning that can be applied to a range of local or international contexts.

ALBA Architecture as Proposal for OSS Collaborative Science

2011 ◽  
pp. 68-78
Author(s):  
Andrea Bosin ◽  
Nicoletta Dessi ◽  
Maria Grazia Fugini
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Organizational Dynamics ◽  
Service Invocation ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
Cooperative Enterprise ◽  
Open Source Systems ◽  
Public Environment ◽  
The Web

A framework is proposed that would create, use, communicate, and distribute information whose organizational dynamics allow it to perform a distributed cooperative enterprise also in public environments over open source systems. The approach assumes the Web services as the enacting paradigm, possibly over a grid, to formalize interaction as cooperative services on various computational nodes of a network. A framework is thus proposed that defi nes the responsibility of e-nodes in offering services and the set of rules under which each service can be accessed by e-nodes through service invocation. By discussing a case study, this chapter details how specifi c classes of interactions can be mapped into a service-oriented model whose implementation is carried out in a prototypical public environment.

A Framework for Networked Experiments in Global E-Science

2013 ◽  
pp. 664-675
Author(s):  
Diego Liberati
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Organizational Dynamics ◽  
Learning Contexts ◽  
Educational Environments ◽  
Micro Array ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Cooperative Enterprise ◽  
Educational Interactions

This chapter presents a framework that creates, uses, and communicates information whose organizational dynamics allow individuals to perform a distributed cooperative enterprise in public educational environments. The approach presented here assumes Web services (possibly offered over a grid) are the enacting paradigm used to formalize educational interactions as cooperative services on various computational nodes of a network. By examining a case study involving a well known micro-array experiment in the growing field of bioinformatics, this chapter will detail how specific classes of interactions can be mapped into a service-oriented model that can be implemented in a variety of e-learning contexts. This framework illustrated by this case study allows for a sophisticated degree of e-learning that can be applied to a range of local or international contexts.

Design and Managing of Distributed Virtual Organizations

2011 ◽  
pp. 463-468
Author(s):  
Diego Liberati
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Virtual Organizations ◽  
Organizational Dynamics ◽  
Service Invocation ◽  
Cooperative Enterprise ◽  
Open Source Systems ◽  
Public Environment

A framework is proposed that creates, uses, communicates, and distributes information whose organizational dynamics allow it to perform a distributed cooperative enterprise in public environments even over open source systems. The approach assumes Web services as the enacting paradigm, possibly over a grid, to formalize interaction as cooperative services on various computational nodes of a network. A framework is thus proposed that defines the responsibility of e-nodes in offering services and the set of rules under which each service can be accessed by e-nodes through service invocation. By discussing a case study, the chapter will detail how specific classes of interactions can be mapped into a serviceoriented model whose implementation will be carried out in a prototypical public environment.

Design and Managing of Distributed Virtual Organizations

2011 ◽  
pp. 564-569
Author(s):  
Diego Liberati
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Virtual Organizations ◽  
Organizational Dynamics ◽  
Service Invocation ◽  
Cooperative Enterprise ◽  
Open Source Systems ◽  
Public Environment

A framework is proposed that creates, uses, communicates, and distributes information whose organizational dynamics allow it to perform a distributed cooperative enterprise in public environments even over open source systems. The approach assumes Web services as the enacting paradigm, possibly over a grid, to formalize interaction as cooperative services on various computational nodes of a network. A framework is thus proposed that defines the responsibility of e-nodes in offering services and the set of rules under which each service can be accessed by e-nodes through service invocation. By discussing a case study, the chapter will detail how specific classes of interactions can be mapped into a serviceoriented model whose implementation will be carried out in a prototypical public environment.

A Framework for Semantic Grid in E-Science

2009 ◽  
pp. 235-240
Author(s):  
Diego Liberati
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Organizational Dynamics ◽  
Semantic Grid ◽  
Collaborative Environment ◽  
Cooperative Enterprise ◽  
Open Source Systems ◽  
The Web ◽  
Generally True

A framework is proposed that creates, uses, and communicates information, whose organizational dynamics allows performing a distributed cooperative enterprise in public environments, even over open source systems. The approach assumes the web services as the enacting paradigm possibly over a grid, to formalize interactions as cooperative services on various computational nodes of a network. The illustrated case study shows that some portions, both of processes and of data or knowledge, can be shared in a collaborative environment, which is also more generally true for any kind of either complex or resource demanding (or both) interaction that will benefit any of the approaches.

The Passive Voice and Social Values in Science

2002 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel D. Ding
Keyword(s):  
Social Values ◽  
Common Knowledge ◽  
Scientific Work ◽  
Physical World ◽  
Scientific Writing ◽  
Discrete Events ◽  
Values In Science ◽  
Passive Voice ◽  
Scientific Experiments ◽  
Cooperative Enterprise

This article claims that two social values in science—falsifiability of science and cooperation among scientists—determine use of passives in scientific communication. Scientists do not always develop valid theories, so scientific experiments must be amenable to being repeated and found invalid. This requires that the experiments must not be discrete events. Science is also a cooperative enterprise. As an integral part of science, scientific writing employs more passives than actives to focus on materials, methods, figures, processes, tables, concepts, etc. Use of passives to focus on the physical world helps de-emphasize discreteness of scientific experiments. Besides, it also helps remove personal qualifications of observing experimental results. Finally, it enhances cooperation among working scientists by providing a common knowledge base of scientific work—things and objects. Looked at in this way, the passive voice in scientific writing represents professional practices of science instead of personal stylistic choices of individual scientists.

Inquiry Learning

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Astrid Wichmann ◽  
Detlev Leutner
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Reasoning ◽  
Inquiry Learning ◽  
Instructional Support ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Knowledge Test ◽  
Simulation Based ◽  
Scientific Experiments ◽  
Specific Support ◽  
Science Classes

Seventy-nine students from three science classes conducted simulation-based scientific experiments. They received one of three kinds of instructional support in order to encourage scientific reasoning during inquiry learning: (1) basic inquiry support, (2) advanced inquiry support including explanation prompts, or (3) advanced inquiry support including explanation prompts and regulation prompts. Knowledge test as well as application test results show that students with regulation prompts significantly outperformed students with explanation prompts (knowledge: d = 0.65; application: d = 0.80) and students with basic inquiry support only (knowledge: d = 0.57; application: d = 0.83). The results are in line with a theoretical focus on inquiry learning according to which students need specific support with respect to the regulation of scientific reasoning when developing explanations during experimentation activities.

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