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With the recent advent of new-generation observational instruments, astronomy enters the ‘data flood’ era. The growing scale and complication of astronomical activities forces scientists to look for new technologies and tools. A workflow environment seems to be a good solution for many new requirements, but before scientists can use it commonly, it has to be suitably adapted and simplified. We have created a universal environment based on the Kepler workflow system that empowers scientists with such capabilities. It offers three access levels depending on the needs and skills of the user: 1) Kepler desktop application extended by our library of domain specific modules and workflows, 2) web application used to share workflows, 3) cloud service with on-demand Virtual Research Environment consisting of a set of tools and applications useful for astronomers. Our environment includes also interoperability mechanisms with the Virtual Observatory and other domain-specific tools and services.
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Ciecieląg, P. et al. (2014). Kepler-Based Workflow Environment for Astronomy. In: Bubak, M., Kitowski, J., Wiatr, K. (eds) eScience on Distributed Computing Infrastructure. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8500. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10894-0_20
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