SDCI NMI Improvement: nanoHUB Middleware

国家科学基金会OD/OCI提案编号：0721680首席研究员：Michael J.McLennan机构：普渡大学提案标题：SDCI NMI改进：NanHUB中间件项目摘要该提案要求改进名为NanHUB的软件系统，这是纳米技术研究界的网络基础设施。该项目将增加两个新的软件组件，以扩展Rappture工具包，以支持实验设计、可视化和代码开发，并增加使用小提琴监测和管理虚拟集群的组件。所产生的通用系统将被打包用于开放源码部署，以便在NCN环境之外的其他环境中使用。智能优势包括由NanHUB实现的直观形式的用户交互，它优化了易用性和灵活性。模块化设计应产生易于与其他CI组件(如工作流系统)集成的NanHUB工具。广泛的影响有几个方面：NanHUB用户社区已经有数千人，这项拟议的工作将扩大用户基础，为他们的用户提供更多功能；盒子中的中心是将这些技术推广到纳米社区之外的直接努力。

National Science FoundationOD/OCIProposal Number: 0721680Principal investigator: Michael J. McLennanInstitution: Purdue UniversityProposal Title: SDCI NMI Improvement: nanoHUB MiddlewareProject Summary This proposal calls for improvements to the software system known as nanoHUB, a cyberinfrastructure for the nano technology research community. This project will add two new software components that expand the Rappture toolkit to support experiment design, visualization and code development, and additions for monitoring and management of virtual clusters using Violin. The resulting generalized system will be packaged for open source deployment for use in other settings beyond the NCN environment. The intellectual merit includes an intuitive form of user interaction enabled by nanoHUB that optimizes ease of use and flexibility. The modular design should result in nanoHUB tools that are easy to integrate with other CI components such as workflow systems. Broad impact has several facets: the nanoHUB user community already numbers in the thousands, and this proposed work will broaden the user base and provide their users more capabilities; the HUB in a box is a direct effort at generalizing these technologies beyond the nano community.