Experience with BXGrid: A data repository and computing grid for biometrics research

Cluster Computing

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 373-386

  Bui, Hoang ^a   Kelly, Michael ^a   Lyon, Christopher ^a   Pasquier, Mark ^a   Thomas, Deborah ^a   Flynn, Patrick ^a   Thain, Douglas ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstractions; Biometrics; E science; Grid computing

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE STORAGE; COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH; COMPUTING GRID; DAILY PRODUCTION; DATA REPOSITORIES; DIGITAL DATAS; E-SCIENCE; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; END USERS; HIGH-LEVEL ABSTRACTION; LARGE SCALE EXPERIMENTS; LESSONS LEARNED; RELATIONAL DATABASE; RESEARCH GROUPS; STATE OF THE ART; SYSTEMS SOFTWARE; THREE-PHASE OPERATION; UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME;

ABSTRACTING; BIOMETRICS; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; GRID COMPUTING;

RESEARCH;

EID: 70450231642     PISSN: 13867857     EISSN: 15737543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10586-009-0098-7     Document Type: Article

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