Detailed Program

 

Time Description Location
8:00AM-4:00PM Registration and Check-In East Ballroom Foyer
9:00AM-5:30PM Environmental Computing Workshop University 1&2
9:00AM–9:15AM Welcome, Opening of the workshop–D. Kranzlmuller University 1&2
9:15AM–10:00AM
Keynote: “Remote Sensing and Modeling–Key elements of Environmental Computing”–W. Mauser
 University 1&2
10:00AM-10:20AM Coffee Break East Ballroom
10:20AM–12:00PM Session 1: Tools and Platforms
“OMUSE: Oceanographic Multipurpose Software Environment”, Ben van Werkhoven, Inti Pelupessy, Arjen van Elteren, Jan Viebahn, Adam Candy, Simon Portegies Zwart and Henk Dijkstra
“Automating Environmental Computing Applications with Scientific Workflows”, Rafael Ferreira Da Silva, Ewa Deelman, Rosa Filgueira, Karan Vahi, Mats Rynge, Rajiv Mayani and Benjamin Mayer
“Utilising Amazon Web Services to provide an on demand urgent computing facility for climateprediction.net”, Peter Uhe, Friederike E.L. Otto, Md Mamunur Rashid and David C. H. Wallom.		 University 1&2
12:00PM-1:30PM Lunch On your own
1:30PM–3.00PM Session 2: Data
“Automatic Fire Perimeter Determination using MODIS Hotspots Information”, Nicolas Chiaraviglio, Tomàs Artés, Roberto Bocca, Jorge López, A. Gentile, Jesus San Miguel Ayanz, Ana Cortés and Tomàs Margalef
“A columnar architecture for modern risk management systems”, Romulo Goncalves, Sisi Zlatanova, Kostis Kyzirakos, Pirouz Nourian, Foteini Alvanaki and Willem Van hage
“The eWaterCycle Project”, Niels Drost, Marc Bierkens, Nick van de Giesen, Rolf Hut, Maarten van Meersbergen and Edwin Sutanudjaja
“The IQmulus high volume fusion and analysis platform for Geospatial Point Clouds, featuring a marine bathymetry use case”, Quillon Harpham		 University 1&2
3:00PM-3:15PM Coffee Break East Ballroom
3:20PM–4:50PM Session 3: Case Studies
“Manufacturing of Weather Forecasting Simulations on High Performance Infrastructures”, Viera Šipková, Ladislav Hluchý, Miroslav Dobrucký, Juraj Bratok, Binh Minh Nguyen and Giang Nguyen
“The Climate Change for Flood and Debris Mitigation after Typhoon Morakot 2009 in Taiwan”, Harold Yih-Chi Tan
“Performance Evaluation of Environmental applications using Telemac on Virtual Platforms”, Minh Chung, Thin Nguyen, Y Nguyen, Thong Nguyen and Nam Thoai
“Environmental computing–applications, tools and data solutions”, Matti Heikkurinen and Dieter Kranzlmüller		 University 1&2
4:50PM–5:30PM Discussion, closing of the workshop University 1&2
6:00PM–8:000PM
eScience Welcome Reception
East Ballroom, Marriott Inner Harbor at Camden Yards

 
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Time Description Location
8:00AM-4:00PM Registration and Check-In East Ballroom Foyer
9:00AM-10:00AM
Keynote: Tony Hey, Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK
The Revolution in Experimental and Observational Science: The Convergence of Data-Intensive and Compute-Intensive Infrastructure
 

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 West Ballroom
10:00AM-10:30AM Coffee Break East Ballroom
10:30AM-12:00PM

Paper Session 1: Cloud Computing

Campus Compute Co-operative (CCC): A Service Oriented Cloud Federation Andrew Grimshaw, University of Virginia; Md Anindya Prodhan, University of Virginia; Alexander Thomas, University of Virginia; Craig Stewart, Indiana University; Richard Knepper, Indiana University Slides Poster
Albatross: an Efficient Cloud-enabled Task Scheduling and Execution Framework using Distributed Message Queues Iman Sadooghi, Illinois Institute of Technology; Geet Kumar, Illinois Institute of Technology; Ioan Raicu, Illinois Institute of Technology; Ke Wang, Intel; Dongfang Zhao, PNNL; Tonglin Li, Oakridge National Laboratory
Prediction of workflow execution time using provenance traces: practical applications in medical data processing Hugo Hiden, Newcastle University; Simon Woodman, Newcastle University; Paul Watson, Newcastle University Slides Poster

Salons AB
10:30AM-12:00PM

Paper Session 2: Curation

Accelerating Data-Driven Discovery With Scientific Asset Management Robert Schuler, USC Information Sciences Institute; Carl Kesselman, USC Information Sciences Institute; Karl Czajkowski, USC Information Sciences Institute
Knowledge Network Generation from Phenotypic Descriptions Fagner Pantoja, University of Campinas; Andre Santanche, University of Campinas; Patrícia Cavoto, University of Campinas; Julios dos Reis, University of Campinas Slides Poster
Cooperative Human-Machine Data Extraction from Biological Collections Icaro Alzuru, University of Florida; José Fortes, University of Florida; Andréa Matsunaga, Advanced Computing and Information Systems Laboratory (UF); Maurício Tsugawa, Advanced Computing and Information Systems Laboratory (UF) Slides Poster

University 1&2
12:00PM-1:00PM Lunch East Ballroom
1:00PM-1:05PM
“Best of Conference” Awards Announcement
 West Ballroom
1:05PM-2:00PM
Keynote: Anastasia Ailamaki, EPFL
Fast, just-in-time queries on heterogeneous scientific data
 

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 West Ballroom
2:00PM-4:00PM

Paper Session 3: Reproducibility

Prune: A Preserving Run Environment for Reproducible Scientific Computing Peter Ivie, University of Notre Dame; Douglas Thain, University of Notre Dame Slides
Converting Scripts into Reproducible Workflow Research Objects Lucas Augusto Carvalho, University of Campinas; Khalid Belhajjame, Paris Dauphine University; Claudia Bauzer Medeiros, University of Campinas Slides Poster
A Framework for Scientific Workflow Reproducibility in the Cloud Rawaa Qasha, Newcastle University; Jacek Cala, Newcastle University; Paul Watson, Newcastle University Slides
Conducting Reproducible Research with Umbrella: Tracking, Creating, and Preserving Execution Environments Haiyan Meng, University of Notre Dame; Alexander Vyushkov, University of Notre Dame; Matthias Wolf, University of Notre Dame; Anna Woodard, University of Notre Dame; Douglas Thain, University of Notre Dame Slides Poster

Salons AB
2:00PM-4:00PM

Paper Session 4: Algorithms

Fast Window Aggregate on Array Database by Recursive Incremental Computation Li Jiang, Google; Hideyuki Kawashima, University of Tsukuba; Osamu Tatebe, University of Tsukuba Slides Poster
Representation of continuously changing data over time and space: Modeling the shape of spatiotemporal phenomena Jose Moreira, University of Aveiro; Paulo Dias, University of Aveiro; António Amaral, University of Aveiro
An n-gram cache for large-scale parallel extraction of multiword relevant expressions with LocalMaxs Carlos Goncalves, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa; Joaquim Silva, NOVA LINCS, Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa; Jose Cunha, NOVA LINCS, Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Slides Poster
DOT-K: A Distributed Online Top-K Elements Algorithm using Extreme Value Statistics Nicholas Carey, Johns Hopkins University; Tamas Budavari, JHU; Yanif Ahmad, JHU; Alex Szalay, Johns Hopkins University Slides Poster

 University 1&2
4:00PM-4:15PM Coffee Break East Ballroom
4:15PM-5:00PM

Lightning Talks

Sign-up at the event

 Salons EF
4:15PM-5:15PM

Poster Session

Accepted papers will present a poster

 Grand Ballroom Foyer

 
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Time Description Location
8:00AM-10:00AM Registration and Check-In East Ballroom Foyer
9:00AM-10:00AM
Keynote: Jonathan Pevsner, Kennedy Krieger Institute
The use of genomics to understand human disease
 

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 West Ballroom
10:00AM-10:30AM Coffee Break East Ballroom
10:30AM-12:00AM

Paper Session 5: Workflow

Budget Distribution Strategies for Scientific Workflow Scheduling in Commercial Clouds Vahid Arabnejad, Victoria University of Wellington; Kris Bubendorfer, Victoria University of Wellington; Bryan Ng, Victoria University of Wellington
Developing a Citizen Science Web Portal for Manual and Automated Ecological Image Detection Marshall Mattingly, University of North Dakota; Travis Desell, University of North Dakota
Starting Workflow Tasks Before They’re Ready. Wladislaw Gusew, Humboldt University of Berlin; Björn Scheuermann, Humboldt University of Berlin Slides Poster

Salons AB
10:30AM-12:00PM

Paper Session 6: Potpourri and Science of Science

Automatic Glomerulus Extraction in Whole Slide Images: Towards Computer Aided Diagnosis Yan Zhao, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Edgar Black, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Kenton McHenry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Norma Kenyon, University of Miami; Rachana Patil, University of Illinois at Chicago; Amelia Bartholomew, University of Illinois at Chicago Slides
Improving Data Provenance Reconstruction via a Multi-Level Funneling Approach Subha Vasudevan, University of Washington Bothell; William Pfeffer, University of Washington Bothell; Delmar Davis, University of Washington Bothell; Hazeline Asuncion, University of Washington Bothell
Plans and Performances: Parallels in the Production of Science and Music David De Roure, University of Oxford; Graham Klyne, University of Oxford; Kevin Page, University of Oxford; John Pybus, University of Oxford; David Weigl, University of Oxford; Pip Willcox, University of Oxford

University 1&2
12:00PM-1:30PM Lunch East Ballroom
1:30PM-3:30PM

Paper Session 7: New Platforms

MOHA: Many-Task Computing meets the Big Data Platform Jik-Soo Kim, KISTI; Cao Nguyen, KISTI & UST; Soonwook Hwang, KISTI & UST Slides Poster
Globus Auth: A Research Identity and Access Management Platform Rachana Ananthakrishnan, Computation Institute; Kyle Chard, Computation Institute; Ian Foster, Computation Institute; Mattias Lidman, Computation Institute; Brendan McCollam, Computation Institute; Stephen Rosen, Computation Institute; Steven Tuecke, Computation Institute
Management, Analysis, and Visualization of Experimental and Observational Data — The Convergence of Data and Computing E. Wes Bethel, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Martin Greenwald, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Stefan Wild, Argonne National Laboratory; Manish Parashar, Rutgers State University of New Jersey; Kerstin Kleese van Dam, Brookhaven National Laboratory; Steven Wiley, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Datatrack: An R package for managing data in a multi-stage experimental workflow Philip Eichinski, Queensland University of Technology; Paul Roe, QUT Slides Poster

Salons AB
1:30PM-3:30PM

Paper Session 8: Machine Learning Applications

Applying Data Mining Methods for the Analysis of Stable Isotope Data in Bioarchaeology Markus Mauder, Ludwig-Maximilians-Univeristät München; Eirini Ntoutsi, Leibniz Universität Hannover; Peer Kroger, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen Slides Poster
Data-oriented neuron classification from their parts Evelyn Cervantes, IME USP; Cesar Henrique Comin, IFSC-USP; Luciano da Fontoura Costa, IFSC-USP; Roberto Cesar, USP Slides Poster
Detecting Wildlife in Uncontrolled Outdoor Video using Convolutional Neural Networks Connor Bowley, UND; Travis Desell, University of North Dakota Slides Poster
Predicting Aircraft’s Engines Vibration Using LSTM Recurrent Neural Networks AbdElRahman ElSaid, University of North Dakota; Travis Desell, University of North Dakota; James Higgins, University of North Dakota; Brandon Wild, University of North Dakota

University 1&2
3:30PM-4:00PM Coffee Break East Ballroom
4:00PM-5:00PM

Lightning Talks

TBA

 Salons EF
4:00PM-5:00PM

Poster Session

Accepted papers will present a poster

 Grand Ballroom Foyer
7:30PM–9:30PM
Please join us for Dinner at Philips Seafood Restaurant
 Power Plant, 601 E Pratt St, Baltimore, MD

 
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Time Description Location
8:00AM-10:00AM Registration and Check-In East Ballroom Foyer
9:00AM-10:00AM

Poster Session

Accepted papers will present a poster

 Grand Ballroom Foyer
10:00AM-10:30AM Coffee Break East Ballroom
10:30AM-12:00AM

Invited Short Papers: Hot Topics 1

SimP: Secure Interoperable Multi-Granular Provenance Framework Amani Abu Jabal, Purdue University; Elisa Bertino, Purdue University Slides

A Comprehensive Scenario Agnostic Data LifeCycle Model for an Efficient Data Complexity Management Amir Sinaeepourfard, UPC; JORDI GARCIA ALMINANA, UPC; Xavier Masip-Bruin, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC)/Advanced Network Architectures Lab (CRAAX); Eva Marín-Tordera, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC)/Advanced Network Architectures Lab (CRAAX) Slides

Ontology-Enabled Matchmaking for Accountable E-Science Resource Sharing Zeqian Meng, The University of Manchester; John Brooke, Freelance Consultant and Researcher; Rizos Sakellariou, The University of Manchester# Slides

Apache Airavata API Security: Exploring Identity and Access Management Solutions for Multi-Tenanted eScience Framework Supun Nakandala, Indiana University; Hasini Gunasinghe, Purdue University; Suresh Marru, Indiana University; Marlon Pierce, Indiana University Slides

Salons AB
10:30AM-12:00PM

Paper Session 9: Social Analytics and Population Simulation

Privacy-protected Social Media User Trajectories Calibration Shuo Wang, University of Melbounre; Richard Sinnott, University of Melbourne; Surya Nepal, CSIRO
A Machine Learning Analysis of Twitter Sentiment to the Sandy Hook Shootings Nan Wang, Queen’s University Belfast; Blesson Varghese, Queen’s University Belfast; Peter Donnelly, University of Toronto# Slides
A Hybrid Approach to Population Construction For Agricultural Agent-Based Simulation Peng Chen, Indiana University; Tom Evans, Indiana University; Michael Frisby, Indiana University; Eduardo Izquierdo, Indiana University; Beth Plale, Indiana University Slides
A parallel microsimulation package for modelling cancer screening policies Andreas Karlsson, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet; Niten Olofsson, Karolinska Institutet; Combitech; Erwin Laure, KTH/PDC; Mark Clements, Karolinska Institutet Slides Poster

 University 1&2
12:00PM-1:30PM Lunch East Ballroom
1:30PM-3:30PM

Invited Short Papers: Hot Topics 2

OntoSoft: A Distributed Semantic Registry for Scientific Software Yolanda Gil, USC/ISI; Daniel Garijo, USC/ISI; Saurabh Mishra, USC/ISI; Varun Ratnakar, USC/ISI
Slides

A Secure Data Enclave and Analytics Platform for Social Scientists Yadu Babuji, Computation Institute; Kyle Chard, Computation Institute; Aaron Gerow, Computation Institute; Eamon Duede, Computation Institute Slides

Semantic Workflows for Reproducibility in Computer Vision: Towards Open Publication of Experiments Ricky Sethi, Fitchburg State University; Yolanda Gil, USC/ISI Slides

Crossing Analytics Systems: A Case for Integrated Provenance in Data Lakes Isuru Suriarachchi, Indiana University; Beth Plale, Indiana University Slides Poster

Interactive Provenance Summaries for Reproducible Science Tanu Malik, UChicago; Xiang Li, University of Chicago; Xiaoyang Xu, University of Chicago

 Salons AB
1:30PM-3:30PM

Paper Session 10: High-Performance Computing

ExTASY: Scalable and Flexible Coupling of Molecular Simulations and Advanced Sampling Techniques Vivekanandan Balasubramanian, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rutgers University; Iain Bethune, EPCC, The University of Edinburgh; Ardita Shkurti, School of Pharmacy, The University of Nottingham; Elena Breitmoser, EPCC, The University of Edinburgh; Cecilia Clementi, Department of Chemistry, Rice University; Eugen Hruska, School of Pharmacy, The University of Nottingham; Charles Laughton, School of Pharmacy, The University of Nottingham; Shantenu Jha, Rutgers
Leveraging Burst Buffer Coordination to Prevent I/O Interference Anthony Kougkas, Illinois Institute of Technology; Mathieu Dorier, Argonne National Laboratory; Rob Latham, Argonne National Laboratory; Rob Ross, Argonne National Laboratory; Xian-He Sun, Illinois Institute of Technology Slides Poster
A fast algorithm for neutrally-buoyant Lagrangian floats in numerical ocean modeling Renske Gelderloos, Johns Hopkins University; Alex Szalay, Johns Hopkins University; Thomas Haine, Johns Hopkins University; Gerard Lemson, JHU Slides

Data Management and Simulation Support for Design of Carbon Capture Devices You-Wei Cheah, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Deb Agarwal, Berkeley Labs; Joshua Boverhof, Berkeley Labs; Abdelrahman Elbashandy, Berkeley Labs; John Eslick, NETL; David Miller, NETL; Jim Leek, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Thomas Epperly, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Slides Poster

University 1&2
3:30PM-4:00PM Coffee Break East Ballroom

 
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Footnotes

# Talk given over Skype.