| EPSRC Reference: |
EP/C537068/1 |
| Title: |
ReQueST: Resource Quantification in e-Science Technologies |
| Principal Investigator: |
Sannella, Professor D |
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| Department: |
Sch of Informatics |
| Organisation: |
University of Edinburgh |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 May 2005 |
Ends: |
31 January 2009 |
Value (£): |
484,976
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| Fundamentals of Computing |
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For the results of computer-based scientific calculations to be useful, the computer programs that produce these results must be carefully checked for errors. The ReQueST project provides automatic methods for checking e-Science applications for errors which would cause the program to fail because it runs out of resources such as memory or allotted processing time.The ReQueST project uses state-of-the art computer science technology to attach mechanically-checkable certificates of resource consumption in the form of mathematical proofs to mobile Java applications. This 'proof-carrying' approach to mobile code allows code producers to ship programs to code consumers in such a way that a wary consumer can quickly check key properties of the code - in this case, its maximum resource usage - before running it. In this way, service providers can protect themselves against errors in user-supplied code.Grid Services technology provides such a collaborative service-provider framework for virtual organisations involved in e-Science. The ReQueST project builds proof-carrying code technology into the Grid Services framework by supporting it from application code up to the service description level. In this way the Request project advances the current state-of-the-art in the Grid technology used in e-Science.
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| Project URL: |
http://groups.inf.ed.ac.uk/request/ |
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http://www.ed.ac.uk |