NSF Org:	CCF Division of Computing and Communication Foundations
Recipient:	UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
Initial Amendment Date:	August 30, 2000
Latest Amendment Date:	August 12, 2004
Award Number:	0081487
Award Instrument:	Continuing Grant
Program Manager:	Xiaodong Zhang CCF  Division of Computing and Communication Foundations CSE  Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering
Start Date:	September 1, 2000
End Date:	February 28, 2005 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$487,555.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$502,555.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2000 = $166,674.00 FY 2001 = $150,238.00 FY 2002 = $185,643.00
History of Investigator:	Douglas Toomey (Principal Investigator) drt@uoregon.edu Judith Cushing (Co-Principal Investigator) Dawn Wright (Co-Principal Investigator) Cuny Janice (Former Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	University of Oregon Eugene 1776 E 13TH AVE EUGENE OR  US  97403-1905 (541)346-5131
Sponsor Congressional District:	04
Primary Place of Performance:	University of Oregon Eugene 1776 E 13TH AVE EUGENE OR  US  97403-1905
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	04
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	Z3FGN9MF92U2
Parent UEI:	Z3FGN9MF92U2
NSF Program(s):	Information Technology Researc
Primary Program Source:	app-0100  01000102DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT app-0102
Program Reference Code(s):	1652, 1660, 4080, 9216, 9251, HPCC
Program Element Code(s):	164000
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.070

ABSTRACT

The East Pacific Rise (EPR) is currently our best-studied section of fast-spreading mid-ocean ridge, yielding a wealth of observational data and results spanning many scientific fields. However, this information has not yet been fully utilized. Most of it exists in noninteractive form (e.g. journal publications) or as incompatible datasets and models. To make the most of this data, scientists will need a wide range of sophisticated programming support to coordinate the use of data, computational tools, and numerical models across distributed networks of computers. This project will develop that support.

Technically, this project will develop the computational infrastructure needed to support data sharing, tool composition, and model coupling for the use of large scale, interdisciplinary data archives. It will then apply that infrastructure to build a domain-specific environment called the Virtual Research Vessel 1 (VRV-1). The VRV-1 will facilitate the use of data, maps, and models related to the EPR. The project will address fundamental issues of integrated middleware for scientific data management and computational science. In particular, it will support data sharing by merging three technologies: geographic information systems, database management systems, and electronic notebooks. It will support tool composition through an extension of an existing electronic notebook. Finally, it will support model coupling by developing support for exploring model correlations and relationships at a very high, domain-specific level in a fast prototyping environment.

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