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Biodiversity Virtual e-Laboratory

AN E-INFRASTRUCTURE AND E-SCIENCE
ENVIRONMENT SUPPORTING RESEARCH
ON BIODIVERSITY
Alex Hardisty
Coordinator, Cardiff University


10th e-Concertation, 6-7th March 2013, Brussels
Track 4: Digital environments for collaboration
Creates powerful data processing tools Ecological Niche Modelling
                                        Biogeochemical modelling
 for biodiversity research              Metagenomics
• Carbon Sequestration                  Phylogenetics
                                        Population Modelling
• Ecosystem Functioning and Valuation Taxonomy
                                        Geospatial Visualization
• Invasive Species Management
An international virtual network of experts connecting
2 scientific communities: biodiversity and ICT
• Aims to foster cooperation in the community by:
   –   Discussing scientific use cases
   –   Identifying and deploying important Web Services
   –   Designing and offering workflows
   –   Training scientists
Products are “services” and “workflows”
• Workflows allow to process vast
  amounts of data, repeatedly
   – Build your own workflow: select and
     apply successive “services” (data
     analysis and processing steps)
   – Import data from one’s own research
     and/or from existing libraries (i.e.
     GBIF, Catalogue of Life)
• Access a library of workflows and
  re-use existing workflows.
   – Improves efficiency by reducing        Part of a workflow to study the
                                            ecological niche of the horseshoe crab
     research time and overhead expenses
Supported by
       many friends


Fits into a portfolio
of initiatives
  • NoE: ALTER-Net, EDIT/PESI, LTER-Europe, EuroMarine, etc.
  • Projects: 4D4Life, agINFRA, Aquamaps, ArtDataBanken,
    BioFresh, Envri, EU BON, EUBrazilOpenBio, Fauna Iberica,
    i4Life, iMarine, Micro B3, OpenPlantBio, ViBRANT
  • Global: CAMERA, Catalogue of Life, COOPEUS, CReATIVE-B,
    EoL, GBIF, GSC Biodiversity WG, TreeBase, and many more
Important contribution
to infrastructure
Where are we, the community in this process?

We have users’ workflows and
applications




We have Service and Data Providers
(LifeWatch, BioVeL, GBIF, CoL,
EBI, etc.)




We have Resource Providers
(EUDAT, EGI.eu, PRACE,
commercial cloud, etc.)
Where are we, the community in this process?

                        Complete?
We have users’ workflows and
applications
                               No!
                    Maybe 10% of
We have Service and Data Providers

               what is necessary
(LifeWatch, BioVeL, GBIF, CoL,
EBI, etc.)




We have Resource Providers
(EUDAT, EGI.eu, PRACE,
commercial cloud, etc.)
*A Decadal view of biodiversity informatics:
                 Challenges and priorities
     • The Grand Challenge for Biodiversity Informatics
           – An infrastructure to allow the available data to be brought
             into a coordinated coupled modelling
             environment, capable of addressing questions relating to
             our use of the natural environment, that captures the
             variety, distinctiveness and complexity of all life on Earth
     • To achieve it we need:
           – To build user confidence
           – Integrative flexible e-Science environments
           – Predictive models across multiple scales, coupled
* Alex Hardisty, Dave Roberts, and the biodiversity informatics community
  - 80 people took part in the open debate that led to this whitepaper. To be published in BMC Ecology
To build user confidence
• Thus far, all projects share a common problem of
  keeping services running after project funding ended
• New models are needed
  • To create translational pipelines to industry adoption
  • To encourage institutional adoption for care and
    maintenance
  • For recognition of contribution other than through
    publication of academic papers
– Stronger marketing and outreach
  • Invest more in up-skilling and hand-holding
Integrative flexible e-Science environments
• Using standardised building blocks and workflows
   – Interoperable components
   – With access to data from multiple sources
• Recognise different kinds of VRE
   – General-purpose / specialised / single scientific objective
       • cf. chemistry laboratory vs forensics lab vs HIV vaccine lab
       • BioVeL / AquaMaps and iMarine / CarbonWaterCloud
• Must generate immediate benefit for users
   – Science driven with scientists as active participants in creation
     of infrastructure
   – Functions people find useful; Simple and intuitive
   – Technology invisible (disappears into background)
Predictive models across multiple scales
• A new framework of methods, techniques, standards to
  bring about interoperability of data and models across
  different biological scales
   – From Genetic through species and ecosystem to landscape
   – Learn from Virtual Physiological Human and from Numerical
     weather prediction and climatology Edwards (2010). A Vast Machine
   – “General Ecological Models” Purves et al. (2013). doi:10.1038/493295a
• Evolvable to incorporate new scientific insights
   – Re-analysis models
• Making data we already have into global datasets
   – Implies ‘inversion’ of existing infrastructure
Questions?

BioVeL is funded by the
European Commission
7th Framework Programme (FP7).
It is part of its e-Infrastructures activity.

BioVeL contributes to LifeWatch and GEO BON.

BioVeL products are free to access.




Under FP7, the e-Infrastructures activity is part of the Research Infrastructures
programme, funded under the FP7 'Capacities' Specific Programme. It focuses on the further
development and evolution of the high-capacity and high-performance communication network
(GÉANT), distributed computing infrastructures (grids and clouds), supercomputer
infrastructures, simulation software, scientific data infrastructures, e-Science services as well as
on the adoption of e-Infrastructures by user communities.

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  • 1. Biodiversity Virtual e-Laboratory AN E-INFRASTRUCTURE AND E-SCIENCE ENVIRONMENT SUPPORTING RESEARCH ON BIODIVERSITY Alex Hardisty Coordinator, Cardiff University 10th e-Concertation, 6-7th March 2013, Brussels Track 4: Digital environments for collaboration
  • 2. Creates powerful data processing tools Ecological Niche Modelling Biogeochemical modelling for biodiversity research Metagenomics • Carbon Sequestration Phylogenetics Population Modelling • Ecosystem Functioning and Valuation Taxonomy Geospatial Visualization • Invasive Species Management An international virtual network of experts connecting 2 scientific communities: biodiversity and ICT • Aims to foster cooperation in the community by: – Discussing scientific use cases – Identifying and deploying important Web Services – Designing and offering workflows – Training scientists
  • 3. Products are “services” and “workflows” • Workflows allow to process vast amounts of data, repeatedly – Build your own workflow: select and apply successive “services” (data analysis and processing steps) – Import data from one’s own research and/or from existing libraries (i.e. GBIF, Catalogue of Life) • Access a library of workflows and re-use existing workflows. – Improves efficiency by reducing Part of a workflow to study the ecological niche of the horseshoe crab research time and overhead expenses
  • 4. Supported by many friends Fits into a portfolio of initiatives • NoE: ALTER-Net, EDIT/PESI, LTER-Europe, EuroMarine, etc. • Projects: 4D4Life, agINFRA, Aquamaps, ArtDataBanken, BioFresh, Envri, EU BON, EUBrazilOpenBio, Fauna Iberica, i4Life, iMarine, Micro B3, OpenPlantBio, ViBRANT • Global: CAMERA, Catalogue of Life, COOPEUS, CReATIVE-B, EoL, GBIF, GSC Biodiversity WG, TreeBase, and many more Important contribution to infrastructure
  • 5. Where are we, the community in this process? We have users’ workflows and applications We have Service and Data Providers (LifeWatch, BioVeL, GBIF, CoL, EBI, etc.) We have Resource Providers (EUDAT, EGI.eu, PRACE, commercial cloud, etc.)
  • 6. Where are we, the community in this process? Complete? We have users’ workflows and applications No! Maybe 10% of We have Service and Data Providers what is necessary (LifeWatch, BioVeL, GBIF, CoL, EBI, etc.) We have Resource Providers (EUDAT, EGI.eu, PRACE, commercial cloud, etc.)
  • 7. *A Decadal view of biodiversity informatics: Challenges and priorities • The Grand Challenge for Biodiversity Informatics – An infrastructure to allow the available data to be brought into a coordinated coupled modelling environment, capable of addressing questions relating to our use of the natural environment, that captures the variety, distinctiveness and complexity of all life on Earth • To achieve it we need: – To build user confidence – Integrative flexible e-Science environments – Predictive models across multiple scales, coupled * Alex Hardisty, Dave Roberts, and the biodiversity informatics community - 80 people took part in the open debate that led to this whitepaper. To be published in BMC Ecology
  • 8. To build user confidence • Thus far, all projects share a common problem of keeping services running after project funding ended • New models are needed • To create translational pipelines to industry adoption • To encourage institutional adoption for care and maintenance • For recognition of contribution other than through publication of academic papers – Stronger marketing and outreach • Invest more in up-skilling and hand-holding
  • 9. Integrative flexible e-Science environments • Using standardised building blocks and workflows – Interoperable components – With access to data from multiple sources • Recognise different kinds of VRE – General-purpose / specialised / single scientific objective • cf. chemistry laboratory vs forensics lab vs HIV vaccine lab • BioVeL / AquaMaps and iMarine / CarbonWaterCloud • Must generate immediate benefit for users – Science driven with scientists as active participants in creation of infrastructure – Functions people find useful; Simple and intuitive – Technology invisible (disappears into background)
  • 10. Predictive models across multiple scales • A new framework of methods, techniques, standards to bring about interoperability of data and models across different biological scales – From Genetic through species and ecosystem to landscape – Learn from Virtual Physiological Human and from Numerical weather prediction and climatology Edwards (2010). A Vast Machine – “General Ecological Models” Purves et al. (2013). doi:10.1038/493295a • Evolvable to incorporate new scientific insights – Re-analysis models • Making data we already have into global datasets – Implies ‘inversion’ of existing infrastructure
  • 11. Questions? BioVeL is funded by the European Commission 7th Framework Programme (FP7). It is part of its e-Infrastructures activity. BioVeL contributes to LifeWatch and GEO BON. BioVeL products are free to access. Under FP7, the e-Infrastructures activity is part of the Research Infrastructures programme, funded under the FP7 'Capacities' Specific Programme. It focuses on the further development and evolution of the high-capacity and high-performance communication network (GÉANT), distributed computing infrastructures (grids and clouds), supercomputer infrastructures, simulation software, scientific data infrastructures, e-Science services as well as on the adoption of e-Infrastructures by user communities.

Notas do Editor

  1. CarbonWaterCloud focusses on predictive modelling of carbon sink, primary production (including crop production) and hydrology of natural and transformed terrestrial ecosystems.
  2. CarbonWaterCloud focusses on predictive modelling of carbon sink, primary production (including crop production) and hydrology of natural and transformed terrestrial ecosystems.The emphasize on access in this context is from the productivity standpoint of view. Open access policy on data makes infrastructure needs much more lean.
  3. ‘inversion’ of existing infrastructure is about re-examining every element of data we have to re-construct the past biodiversity, as a guide and calibrator of models that can predict the future