Research Process Support with Organizational Flow in e-Science

To utilize an e-Science application service which is built on a grid computing environment efficiently, it is vital to develop technologies for integrating each e- Science application service into a workflow and to execute the workflow in a cooperative environment. In this paper, the required workflow in e-Science is analyzed using a conceptual scenario and categorized into three types of workflows: simulations, experiments, and collaborative work. Additionally, the workflow of the aerospace research community, an e-Science environment is shown. The necessary applications and functionalities for the required workflow are then proposed.