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Title: The role of machine learning in scientific workflows

Abstract

Machine learning (ML) is being applied in a number of everyday contexts from image recognition, to natural language processing, to autonomous vehicles, to product recommendation. In the science realm, ML is being used for medical diagnosis, new materials development, smart agriculture, DNA classification, and many others. In this article, we describe the opportunities of using ML in the area of scientific workflow management. Scientific workflows are key to today’s computational science, enabling the definition and execution of complex applications in heterogeneous and often distributed environments. We describe the challenges of composing and executing scientific workflows and identify opportunities for applying ML techniques to meet these challenges by enhancing the current workflow management system capabilities. We foresee that as the ML field progresses, the automation provided by workflow management systems will greatly increase and result in significant improvements in scientific productivity.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute, Marina Del Rey, CA, USA
  2. Renaissance Computing Institute, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
  3. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA
  4. The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Univ. of Southern California, Marina Del Rey, CA (United States). Information Sciences Inst.
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR)
OSTI Identifier:
1523666
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1548331; OSTI ID: 1600091
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-765200
Journal ID: ISSN 1094-3420
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0012636; AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications Journal Volume: 33 Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 1094-3420
Publisher:
SAGE
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING; Scientific workflows; machine learning; workflow systems; anomaly detection; workflow composition

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Deelman, Ewa, Mandal, Anirban, Jiang, Ming, and Sakellariou, Rizos. The role of machine learning in scientific workflows. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1177/1094342019852127.
Deelman, Ewa, Mandal, Anirban, Jiang, Ming, & Sakellariou, Rizos. The role of machine learning in scientific workflows. United States. https://doi.org/10.1177/1094342019852127
Deelman, Ewa, Mandal, Anirban, Jiang, Ming, and Sakellariou, Rizos. Tue . "The role of machine learning in scientific workflows". United States. https://doi.org/10.1177/1094342019852127.
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abstractNote = {Machine learning (ML) is being applied in a number of everyday contexts from image recognition, to natural language processing, to autonomous vehicles, to product recommendation. In the science realm, ML is being used for medical diagnosis, new materials development, smart agriculture, DNA classification, and many others. In this article, we describe the opportunities of using ML in the area of scientific workflow management. Scientific workflows are key to today’s computational science, enabling the definition and execution of complex applications in heterogeneous and often distributed environments. We describe the challenges of composing and executing scientific workflows and identify opportunities for applying ML techniques to meet these challenges by enhancing the current workflow management system capabilities. We foresee that as the ML field progresses, the automation provided by workflow management systems will greatly increase and result in significant improvements in scientific productivity.},
doi = {10.1177/1094342019852127},
journal = {International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications},
number = 6,
volume = 33,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue May 21 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Tue May 21 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
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