This is a very useful contribution. Thank you Danushka, Sanjaya and Pavithra!
Cheers, Shahani On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 9:45 AM, Danushka Menikkumbura < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Please find the wiki on related research literature at [1]. > > [1] - > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AIRAVATA/Related+Research+ > Literature > > Thanks, > Danushka > > > On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 8:17 AM, Danushka Menikkumbura < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > I would also recommend [3] and [4] for those of you who are just stepping > > in. > > > > [3]A. Barker and J. Van Hemert, “Scientific workflow: a survey and > > research directions,” Parallel Processing and Applied Mathematics, pp. > > 746–753, 2008. > > > > [4]Y. Gil, E. Deelman, M. Ellisman, T. Fahringer, G. Fox, D. Gannon, C. > > Goble, M. Livny, L. Moreau, and J. Myers, Report on the 2006 NSF Workshop > > on Challenges of Scientific Workflows. Citeseer, 2006. > > > > Thanks, > > Danushka > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 7:55 AM, Pavithra Kulathilaka < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> One of a resource I referred was [1] which covers basic details to start > >> with workflow engines. > >> Also they have done a review on existing solutions for workflow > >> applications and their limitations with respect to scalability and > >> on-demand access. So I think this would be a great starting point. [1] > >> refers another research paper [2] (Chris has also mentioned about this) > >> which presents a detailed survey of existing Grid workflow systems w.r.t > >> their design, scheduling, information retrieval, fault tolerant and data > >> movement. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Pavithra. > >> > >> [1] S. Pandey, D. Karunamoorthy, and R. Buyya, “Workflow engine for > >> clouds,” Cloud Computing, > >> Principles and Paradigms, Wiley Series on Parallel and Distributed > >> Computing, pp. 321–344, 2011. > >> > >> [2] A Taxonomy of Workflow Management Systems for Grid Computing, Jia Yu > >> and Rajkumar Buyya > >> > >> On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 6:12 AM, Sanjaya Medonsa <[email protected] > >> >wrote: > >> > >> > I agree with Danushka. When it comes to workflow engines I think it is > >> > better to study general concepts of workflow engines first and then > >> study > >> > the prominent *Scientific* work flow engines (Some of the challenges > are > >> > different from business workflow engines). Each prominent workflow > >> engine > >> > comprise of several unique features and concepts while major > >> abstraction is > >> > workflows. I would like to add Apache OODT into list of prominent > >> workflow > >> > engines (Workflow processing components are key part of Apache OODT > and > >> > used in several NASA missions and other research) . I have already > some > >> > work on these items and would like to contribute them into wiki. > >> > > >> > /Sanjaya > >> > > >> > On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 12:09 AM, Danushka Menikkumbura < > >> > [email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> > > I would say, > >> > > > >> > > 1. Science Gateways > >> > > 2. Workflow Engines > >> > > 3. Data/Compute-Intensive Computing > >> > > 4. Challenges and Opportunities in Science Gateways > >> > > 5. Research Directions (Big Data, Provenance, Meta Data) (Maybe > >> relates > >> > to > >> > > 4) > >> > > > >> > > Danushka > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 7:32 PM, Shahani Markus Weerawarana < > >> > > [email protected]> wrote: > >> > > > >> > > > HI All, > >> > > > > >> > > > There are a few postgraduate research students who have done > >> > significant > >> > > > literature reviews on science gateways etc. Maybe it is time to > >> harness > >> > > all > >> > > > this background reading work that has been done individually and > >> list > >> > the > >> > > > papers (links) in categories on the Airavata website. > >> > > > > >> > > > Danushka, Pavithra, and Sanjaya - what are your thoughts on the > >> > > categories > >> > > > based on the work you have already completed? > >> > > > > >> > > > Shahani > >> > > > > >> > > > On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 7:22 PM, AMILA RANATUNGA < > >> [email protected] > >> > > > >wrote: > >> > > > > >> > > > > Hi, > >> > > > > > >> > > > > Thank you for the reply. I am also working in the same project. > We > >> > > looked > >> > > > > some research papers science gateways. We found some interesting > >> > facts > >> > > > > about science gateways in the research paper 'TeraGrid Science > >> > Gateways > >> > > > and > >> > > > > Their Impact on Science' [1] which talks about 4 successful > >> science > >> > > > > gateways including LEAD. And we got to know that LEAD project > has > >> > > caused > >> > > > to > >> > > > > the development of AIRAVATA which is used to build science > >> gateways. > >> > > And > >> > > > > the research paper '*Apache Airavata : A framework for > Distributed > >> > > > > Applications and Computational Workflows*' describes about some > >> work > >> > > flow > >> > > > > systems Taverna, Triana ..etc. > >> > > > > And it says these are tools to build science gateways. > >> > > > > And we came to a conclusion that AIRAVATA, Taverna, Triana doing > >> > > similar > >> > > > > kind of job (please correct me if I am wrong). And tried to > figure > >> > out > >> > > > what > >> > > > > is so unique in AIRAVATA comparing to theses. We would like to > >> have > >> > > some > >> > > > > good references if we are moving in the wrong path determining > >> what > >> > is > >> > > > > AIRAVATA. We are working full time in this project. Your help is > >> > really > >> > > > > appreciated. > >> > > > > > >> > > > > Thank You ! > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > [1] > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=&arnumber=4668681&tag=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fxpls%2Fabs_all.jsp%3Farnumber%3D4668681%26tag%3D1 > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Suresh Marru < > [email protected]> > >> > > wrote: > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > HI Harsha, > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > Airavata is a Distributed Computing framework in which > Workflow > >> is > >> > a > >> > > > > > component. A good place to start is to do literature study on > >> > Science > >> > > > > > Gateways. We will need to compile a set of reference papers to > >> make > >> > > it > >> > > > > easy > >> > > > > > for you to get an understanding on. You will quickly realize > the > >> > best > >> > > > way > >> > > > > > to find out differences in features in open source projects is > >> > > cracking > >> > > > > > open the code. So I suggest downloading the code, going > through > >> > > > tutorials > >> > > > > > and asking questions on the corresponding mailing lists of the > >> > tools > >> > > > you > >> > > > > > are comparing against. You identified a good first list, > please > >> > keep > >> > > > > > sharing your learnings so future users/students like you will > >> > benefit > >> > > > > from > >> > > > > > your contributions. > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > Suresh > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > On Mar 11, 2013, at 5:41 AM, Harsha Kumara <[email protected] > > > >> > > wrote: > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > Hi all! > >> > > > > > > We are doing research on OGC's WPS integration to the > >> > > Airavata.During > >> > > > > the > >> > > > > > > research we have found some existing work flow generation > >> tools > >> > > like > >> > > > > > > Tarverna, Kepler , > >> > > > > > > Pegasus and Triana. We would like if we can some details and > >> > points > >> > > > > about > >> > > > > > > how Apache Airavata is differ from those tools? > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > Thanks! > >> > > > > > > -- > >> > > > > > > *Harsha Kumara* > >> > > > > > > *Undergraduate* > >> > > > > > > *Department of Computer Science and Engineering* > >> > > > > > > *University of Moratuwa* > >> > > > > > > *Sri Lanka.* > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > -- > >> > > > *Shahani Markus Weerawarana, Ph.D.* > >> > > > *Computer Scientist* > >> > > > Visiting Fellow, University of New South Wales, Australia. > >> > > > Visiting Scientist, Indiana University, USA. > >> > > > Visiting Lecturer, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Pavithra Kulathilaka. > >> > > > > > -- *Shahani Markus Weerawarana, Ph.D.* *Computer Scientist* Visiting Fellow, University of New South Wales, Australia. Visiting Scientist, Indiana University, USA. Visiting Lecturer, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
