Developing an Experiment Management System

9224741 Livny这是一个为期三年的持续奖励的第一年资助。在过去的十年里，人们观察到实验科学家个人生成和存储数据的能力有了显著的提高。这一增长并未与相应的适当数据管理工具的同等发展相匹配。该项目的目标是开发一个实验管理系统（EMS），以满足来自广泛学科的实验科学家的需求。EMS位于科学家的办公桌上，是科学家和数据之间的唯一接口。在实验研究的整个生命周期中，EMS可用于设计研究、安排实验、管理生成的数据和分析结果。图形用户界面和数据库系统与实验环境的集成是本项目解决的基本数据库研究挑战。虽然正在开发的EMS在许多方面是通用的，但特别强调了植物生长模拟环境，集成显微镜资源和模拟实验室的特殊要求。一旦放在使用这些实验环境的科学家的办公桌上，封装在EMS中的新的数据管理技术将提高科学家的工作效率，并建立管理实验研究的新范式。＊＊＊

9224741 Livny This is the first year funding of a three-year continuing award. Over the last decade, a dramatic increase has been observed in the ability of individual experimental scientists to generate and store data. This increase has not been matched by an equivalent development of adequate data management tools. The goal of this project is to develop an Experiment Management System (EMS) that meets the needs of experimental scientists from a wide range of disciplines. Located on the scientist's desk, the EMS serves as the sole interface between the scientist and the data. Throughout the life cycle of an experimental study, the EMS can be used to design the study, order experiments, manage the generated data, and analyze the results. Graphical user interfaces and integration of database systems with experimentation environments are the fundamental database research challenges addressed by this project. While the EMS under development is generic in many aspects, specific emphasis is given to the special requirements of a plant growth simulation environment, an Integrated Microscopy Resource, and a simulation laboratory. Once placed on the desk of scientists who use these experimental environments, the new data management technology encapsulated in the EMS will improve scientists productivity and establish a new paradigm in managing experimental studies. ***