Notre Dame researchers to lead new science data preservation effort | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Notre Dame researchers to lead new science data preservation effort Notre Dame researchers to lead new science data preservation effort Published: November 27, 2012 Author: William G. Gilroy CERN computing center One of the emerging, and soon to be defining, characteristics of science research is the collection, usage and storage of immense amounts of data. In fields as diverse as medicine, astronomy and economics, large data sets are becoming the foundation for new scientific advances. A new project led by University of Notre Dame researchers will explore solutions to the problems of preserving data, analysis software and computational work flows, and how these relate to results obtained from the analysis of large data sets. Titled “Data and Software Preservation for Open Science (DASPOS),” the National Science Foundation-funded $1.8 million program is focused on high energy physics data from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and the Fermilab Tevatron. The research group, which is led by Mike Hildreth, a professor of physics; Jarek Nabrzyski, director of the Center for Research Computing with a concurrent appointment as associate professor of computer science and engineering; and Douglas Thain, associate professor of computer science and engineering, will also survey and incorporate the preservation needs of other research communities, such as astrophysics and bioinformatics, where large data sets and the derived results are becoming the core of emerging science in these disciplines. “The program will include several international workshops and the design of prototype data and software preservation architecture that meets the functionality needed by the scientific disciplines,” Hildreth said. “What is learned from building this prototype will inform the design and construction of the global data and software preservation infrastructure for the LHC, and potentially for other disciplines.” The multidisciplinary DASPOS team includes particle physicists, computer scientists and digital librarians from Notre Dame, the University of Chicago, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, New York University and the University of Washington. Contact: Mike Hildreth, 574-631-6458, hildreth.2@nd.edu Posted In: Research Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related October 05, 2022 Astrophysicists find evidence for the presence of the first stars October 04, 2022 NIH awards $4 million grant to psychologists researching suicide prevention September 29, 2022 Notre Dame, Ukrainian Catholic University launch three new research grants September 27, 2022 Notre Dame, Trinity College Dublin engineers join to advance novel treatment for cystic fibrosis September 22, 2022 Climate-prepared countries are losing ground, latest ND-GAIN index shows For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn