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Policy-based Data Management
by Reagan Moore
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Date
- Friday, October 30, 2009
- Time
- 3:00 p.m. — 4:00 p.m.
- Place
- Innovations Center, Rm. 105, 10th & SR45/46 Bypass or 2719 E. 10th St.
Abstract: Scientific data proceed through a data life-cycle. Science researchers typically generate data that are managed within a local project (collection). They may then share data with other researchers (data grid), publish their data for use by the discipline (digital library), and create reference collections against which future research is compared (persistent archive). Each stage of the data life cycle is governed by a social consensus that determines the arrangement, retention, access, description, and manipulation mechanisms that are applied to the collection. The social consensus can be characterized as the management policies and procedures that enforce the desired collection properties. The iRODS (integrated Rule Oriented Data System) supports all stages of the data life cycle by mapping management policies to computer actionable rules, by mapping management procedures to computer executable workflows assembled from well-defined micro-services, and by verifying assessment criteria through queries on persistent state information. The iRODS data grid will be presented, along with current use of the iRODS technology in multiple data management applications.
Biography: Reagan Moore is a Professor in the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chief Scientist for Data Intensive Cyber Environments at the Renaissance Computing Institute, and Director of the Data Intensive Cyber Environments Center at UNC. He coordinates research efforts in development of data grids, digital libraries, and preservation environments. Developed software systems include the Storage Resource Broker data grid and the integrated Rule-Oriented Data System. Supported projects include the National Archives and Records Administration Transcontinental Persistent Archive Prototype, and science data grids for seismology, oceanography, climate, high-energy physics, astronomy, and bio-informatics. An ongoing research interest is use of data grid technology to automate execution of management policies and validate trustworthiness of repositories.
Moore’s previous roles include: Director of the DICE group at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, and Manager of production services at SDSC. He previously worked as a computational plasma physicist at General Atomics on equilibrium and stability of toroidal fusion devices. He has a Ph.D. in plasma physics from the University of California, San Diego, (1978) and a B.S. in physics from the California Institute of Technology (1967).
The Innovation Center is located at 10th Street and SR45/46 Bypass or 2719 East 10th Street. Parking is available. Via
Shuttle service will be provided from Lindley Hall, 150 S. Woodlawn, and Informatics West, 901 E. Tenth St., as per below schedule. Return shuttle provided at 4:15 p.m.
Shuttle Service Schedule:
A printable version of the colloquium flyer is available for printing.
Lindley Hall, 1:00 p.m.
Informatics West, 1:15 p.m.
Innovation Center, 1:45 p.m.
Lindley Hall, 2:10 p.m.
Informatics West, 2:30 p.m.
Innovation Center, 2:50 p.m.
Departure from Innovation Center at 4:15 returning to Informatics West and Lindley Hall.
Tours of the Innovation Center are available 2:00-2:45pm. Refreshments 2-3pm, 4:00 - 4:30pm
Colloquium Provided By:
the School of Informatics and Computing
