CAREER: Data Polymorphism: Enabling Fast and Adaptable Scientific Data Retrieval with Progressive Representations

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Abstract

Scientific simulations and instruments produce an unprecedented amount of data that overwhelms the network and storage systems. Due to the limited capacity in high-end parallel file systems, such data must be stored at remote sites or moved to secondary storage for archival purposes. This poses challenges to fetching the data for post hoc data analytics, as the data movement bandwidth across wide area networks or from secondary systems is very limited. This project bridges this gap by developing scalable software to realize data polymorphism, a novel paradigm that allows for variable representations of the same data under different scenarios and use cases to enable on-demand data provision with reduced data movement cost. The success of this project is expected to significantly reduce the time needed to gain scientific insights from data for a wide range of applications, thus advancing scientific discoveries in domains including climatology, cosmology, fusion energy science, and ptychography. This contributes to resolving a wide range of important societal problems, including weather forecasting, galaxy surveys, electric generation, and material design. Furthermore, an integrated education program is developed for workforce development and broadening participation in advanced cyberinfrastructure. This project aims to leverage progressive representations to realize data polymorphism and enable fast and adaptable scientific retrieval with tailored error control. The contribu

Key facts

NSF award ID
2442627
Awardee
University of Kentucky Research Foundation (KY)
SAM.gov UEI
H1HYA8Z1NTM5
PI
Xin Liang
Primary program
01002526DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
All programs
CAREER-Faculty Erly Career Dev, EXP PROG TO STIM COMP RES
Estimated total
$500,000
Funds obligated
$500,000
Transaction type
Standard Grant
Period
07/01/2025 → 06/30/2030