Guest Editors' Introduction to the Special Section on Scientific Workflows

摘要

It has been recognized by funding agencies and their respective programmes and initiatives (e.g., NIH Roadmap, NSF ITR, Cyberinfrastructure, DOE SciDAC, UK e-Science, various EU programmes, etc.) that scientific advances and discoveries are facilitated through novel IT infrastructure and tools. Scientific workflows provide the interface between scientists and this infrastructure. We think that the many and various types of technical challenges in scientific workflow modeling, design, optimization, verification etc. provide a rich playing field and great opportunity for database researchers.