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Science Use Case Design Patterns for Autonomous Experiments

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Connecting scientific instruments and robot-controlled laboratories with computing and data resources at the edge, the Cloud or the high-performance computing (HPC) center enables autonomous experiments, self-driving laboratories, smart manufacturing, and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven design, discovery and evaluation. The Self-driven Experiments for Science / Interconnected Science Ecosystem (INTERSECT) Open Architecture enables science breakthroughs using intelligent networked systems, instruments and facilities with a federated hardware/software architecture for the laboratory of the future. It relies on a novel approach, consisting of (1) science use case design patterns, (2) a system of systems architecture, and (3) a microservice architecture. This paper introduces the science use case design patterns of the INTERSECT Architecture. It describes the overall background, the involved terminology and concepts, and the pattern format and classification. It further offers an overview of the 12 defined patterns and 4 examples of patterns of 2 different pattern classes. It also provides insight into building solutions from these patterns. The target audience are computer, computational, instrument and domain science experts working in the field of autonomous experiments.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
2301625
Resource Relation:
Conference: 28th European Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs (EuroPLoP) - Irsee, , Germany - 7/5/2023 8:00:00 AM-7/9/2023 8:00:00 AM
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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