Berkeley Lab-led Institute to Help Solve Data-intensive Science
Challenges March 29, 2012 Jon Bashor, Jbashor@lbl.gov, +1
510-486-5849 As scientists around the world address some of
society’s biggest challenges, they increasingly rely on tools
ranging from powerful supercomputers to one-of-a-kind
experimental facilities to dedicated high-bandwidth research
networks. But whether they are investigating cleaner sources of
energy, studying how to treat diseases, improve energy
efficiency, understand climate change or address environmental
issues, the scientists all face a common problem: massive
amounts of data which must be stored, shared, analyzed and
understood. And the amount of data continues to grow –
scientists who already are falling behind are in danger of being
engulfed by massive datasets. Today Energy Secretary Steven Chu
announced a $25 million five-year initiative to help scientists
better extract insights from today’s increasingly massive
research datasets, the Scalable Data Management, Analysis, a