E-Science and E-Infrastructures in Turkey

Abstract

E-infrastructure comprises all services, applications, organizations and technologies that enable researchers to use high-speed computer networks, computational systems, data warehouses, software tools, and to access resources and share tools to carry out research projects regardless of where they are located. Computationally intensive science uses e-infrastructures to carry out speedy, effective and fruitful scientific research using methods supported by next generation information and communication technologies and distributed networks while e-science analyzes huge amount of scientific data that requires distributed computing. In this keynote paper, we will review the state of the art of scientific research projects carried out by means of e-infrastructures and evaluate them from technical and administrative viewpoints along with international developments and national policies.