How ICES uses BlueBRIDGE tools to overcome our challenges

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How ICES uses BlueBRIDGE tools to overcome our challenges

Scott LargeInternational Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)scott.large@ices.dk

ContextICES provides advice on the sustainable use of living marine resources and protection of the marine environment.• Single stock fishing opportunities

• 263 fish stocks across the northeast Atlantic• Ecosystem Overviews• Fishery Overviews

"Understanding how ecosystems of EU e-Infrastructures can boost Blue Growth", 11 January 2017, Brussels

ContextIncreasing need for high powered computing for the provisioning of ICES advice:• Ecosystem models• Mixed-fisheries models• Single-stock forecasts• Management strategy evaluation

"Understanding how ecosystems of EU e-Infrastructures can boost Blue Growth", 11 January 2017, Brussels

Current approach

Model

Model output

Input data

Survey

Commercial

ScriptDATRAS

InterCatch

"Understanding how ecosystems of EU e-Infrastructures can boost Blue Growth", 11 January 2017, Brussels

Challenges

Current approach:• Code is designed for each stock• Code is not separable from

input and output• Not fully transparent,

reproducible, or collaborative

Desired approach:• Flexible and integrated• Available as-a-service• Provenance management• Collaborative• ICES Transparent Assessment

Framework (test deployment 2017) taf.ices.dk

Script ScriptInput Output

"Understanding how ecosystems of EU e-Infrastructures can boost Blue Growth", 11 January 2017, Brussels

"Understanding how ecosystems of EU e-Infrastructures can boost Blue Growth", 11 January 2017, Brussels

Modified functionsMSE

Ecosystem Model

Single stock model

e-Infrastructure

Parallelize, increase efficiencies,

and harmonize

Modified the routineScript Script Modified

functions

Script Modified

functions

e-infrastructure

ScriptInput Output

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In practiceScript Modified

functions

e-infrastructure

"Understanding how ecosystems of EU e-Infrastructures can boost Blue Growth", 11 January 2017, Brussels

BlueBRIDGE benefitsIntegrating R environment with BlueBRIDGE e-infrastructure has many advantages:• Flexible and integrated• Available as-a-service• Provenance management• Collaborative• Reduces overhead for scientists to fully comply with service

and generalization requirements• Enables extant R scripts to be easily modified to utilize

BlueBRIDGE e-infrastructure

"Understanding how ecosystems of EU e-Infrastructures can boost Blue Growth", 11 January 2017, Brussels

ImpactIntegrating local computing environment with e-infrastructure enables users to remain in a familiar space, while still having access to services that make e-infrastructures so attractive and useful.

ICES Community - simple for scientists to use and allows focus to remain on our scientific development instead of technological complexity

"Understanding how ecosystems of EU e-Infrastructures can boost Blue Growth", 11 January 2017, Brussels

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