Memorias de investigación
Communications at congresses:
Workflow Reuse in Practice: A Study of Neuroimaging Pipeline Users
Year:2014
Research Areas
  • Information technology and adata processing
Information
Abstract
Workflow reuse is a major benefit of workflow systems and shared workflow repositories, but there are barely any studies that quantify the degree of reuse of workflows or the practical barriers that may stand in the way of successful reuse. In our own work, we hypothesize that defining workflow fragments improves reuse, since end-to-end workflows may be very specific and only partially reusable by others. This paper reports on a study of the current use of workflows and workflow fragments in labs that use the LONI Pipeline, a popular workflow system used mainly for neuroimaging research that enables users to define and reuse workflow fragments. We present an overview of the benefits of workflows and workflow fragments reported by users in informal discussions. We also report on a survey of researchers in a lab that has the LONI Pipeline installed, asking them about their experiences with reuse of workflow fragments and the actual benefits they perceive. This leads to quantifiable indicators of the reuse of workflows and workflow fragments in practice. Finally, we discuss barriers to further adoption of workflow fragments and workflow reuse that motivate further work.
International
Si
Congress
10th IEEE International Conference on e-Science (e-Science 2014)
960
Place
Sao Paulo, Brasil
Reviewers
Si
ISBN/ISSN
978-1-4799-4288-6
10.1109/eScience.2014.33
Start Date
20/10/2014
End Date
24/10/2014
From page
239
To page
246
2014 IEEE 10th International Conference on e-Science (e-Science). Proceedings, vol 1
Participants
Research Group, Departaments and Institutes related
  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Ontology Engineering Group
  • Departamento: Inteligencia Artificial