title: Cyberinfrastructure for e-Science.
abstract: Here we describe the requirements of an e-Infrastructure to enable faster, better, and different scientific research capabilities. We use two application exemplars taken from the United Kingdom's e-Science Programme to illustrate these requirements and make the case for a service-oriented infrastructure. We provide a brief overview of the UK "plug-and-play composable services" vision and the role of semantics in such an e-Infrastructure.
authors.affiliation: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon SN2 1ET, UK.
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hey
authors.forename: Anne E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Trefethen
mesh_terms: D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D020650:Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques; D019295:Computational Biology; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003205:Computing Methodologies; D019992:Databases as Topic; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000235:genetics; D020407:Internet; D012106:Research; D012984:Software; D018980:Williams Syndrome / Q000235:genetics