Reaching for the cloud

On the lessons learned from grid computing technology transfer process to the biomedical community

verfasst von

Yassene Mohammed, Frank Dickmann, Ulrich Sax, Gabriele Von Voigt, Matthew Smith, Otto Rienhoff

Abstract

Natural scientists such as physicists pioneered the sharing of computing resources, which led to the creation of the Grid. The inter domain transfer process of this technology has hitherto been an intuitive process without in depth analysis. Some difficulties facing the life science community in this transfer can be understood using the Bozeman's "Effectiveness Model of Technology Transfer". Bozeman's and classical technology transfer approaches deal with technologies which have achieved certain stability. Grid and Cloud solutions are technologies, which are still in flux. We show how Grid computing creates new difficulties in the transfer process that are not considered in Bozeman's model. We show why the success of healthgrids should be measured by the qualified scientific human capital and the opportunities created, and not primarily by the market impact. We conclude with recommendations that can help improve the adoption of Grid and Cloud solutions into the biomedical community. These results give a more concise explanation of the difficulties many life science IT projects are facing in the late funding periods, and show leveraging steps that can help overcoming the "vale of tears".

Organisationseinheit(en)

Forschungszentrum L3S
Institut für Data Science

Externe Organisation(en)

Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Typ

Aufsatz in Konferenzband

Seiten

1339-1343

Anzahl der Seiten

5

Publikationsdatum

2010

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Biomedizintechnik, Gesundheitsinformatik, Gesundheits-Informationsmanagement

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 3 – Gute Gesundheit und Wohlergehen

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-60750-588-4-1339 (Zugang: Geschlossen)