VisIVO Science Gateway: a Collaborative Environment for the Astrophysics Community
Eva Sciacca, M. Bandieramonte, U. Becciani, Alessandro Costa, Mel Krokos, Piero Massimino, Catia Petta, Costantino Pistagna, S. Riggi, Fabio Roberto Vitello · 2013
Abstract—VisIVO Science Gateway is a web based, workflow enabled environment wrapped around a WS-PGRADE/gUSE portal integrating seamlessly large-scale multi-dimensional astrophysical datasets with applications for processing and visualization based on Distributed Computing Infrastructures (DCIs). We present the main tools and services supported including an application for mobile access to the gateway. We discuss issues in sharing workflows and report our experiences in supporting specialised communities. We present a number of workflows developed recently for visualization and numerical simulations and outline future workflows currently under development. Finally, we summarise our work on the gateway with pointers to future developments.