Every research field is now a data science field

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Simulation of

complex phenomena

Newton’s laws,

Maxwell’s equations…

Description of natural

phenomena

Unify theory, experiment and

simulation with large

multidisciplinary Data

Using data exploration and

data mining

(from instruments, sensors,

humans…)

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ChronoZoom: An infinite canvas in time

• Many Examples

• The Challenge: sustainability

• Manage locality• Keep the hot data local on cloud disk

• Manage the working set over time

• The rest is archival

Data

Acquisition &

modelling

Collaboration

and

visualisation

Analysis &

data mining

Dissemination

& sharing

Archiving and

preserving

• A core library for science in the cloud.

• Built on community tools• Ipython Notebook, Python, NumPy,

SciPy, Scikit-Learn, biopython

• Standard community tools

• Deploy as VM library

• Deploy data collections.• Genomic libraries, medical image

libraries, geophysics, astronomy, etc.

• Build community resources

• The Genetic Causes of Disease

(David Heckerman)

• Wellcome Trust for a GWAS for a large

population

• Looking for causes for seven common

diseases (bipolar, r. arthritis, coronary,

hypertension, ….)

• Confounding is a problem. Needed a

new algorithm.

• Ran on Azure cloud using 35,000 cores

in 3 weeks.

Inputs (training data)

Labels

Hidden layers

Input dataDetected featuresMona Lisa

The Windows Azure for Research program:

·Free access to Windows Azure cloud computing and storage

(submit proposals for Windows Azure Research Awards)

· Windows Azure for Research training classes (20 classes

worldwide. )

· Support and technical resources

azure4research.com.