Oracle for Research: a global community that accelerates research and seeks to connect and reward researchers and scientists
Oracle for Research, Oracle's global community that uses cloud computing to accelerate scientific discoveries, announced new features in its platform for researchers, scientists and developers to solve more complex topics and studies. THE Oracle Open Data is a newly created cloud service for selecting and grouping information (spatial images, protein sequences and annotations) from the world's leading scientific databases. The collection connects the scientific community as well as researchers, developers, students and educators with data in petabytes of resources. In addition, Oracle for Research also launches two awards highlighting new avenues for advancing science and supporting global research communities in the Oracle Cloud ecosystem.
“Today is an exciting milestone for us,” said Alison Derbenwick Miller, vice president, Oracle for Research. “Through our recently launched cloud-focused programs, products and services, we are realizing our vision to accelerate discovery and results and help change the world forever through an integrated community of researchers working collaboratively with Oracle and the Oracle Cloud”.
Oracle Open Data brings together data spanning genomics and bioinformatics; geospatial data, geoscience and climatology; Artificial Intelligence (AI) and also Machine Learning (ML). Oracle is currently the only cloud provider to offer access to the new ZINC 22 dataset, which enables the virtual screening of millions of commercially available molecules, each with 3D structural compounds.
“Many researchers in the interactive computing community like myself are looking for services that remove the burdens associated with hosting data and also encourage communities to keep these valuable resources available,” said Dr. Hyeokhyen Kwon, Ph.D. of Georgia Tech . graduate and contributor to Oracle for Research. “Platforms like Oracle Open Data can help a lot with this, as in addition to being an added benefit of having these types of open data platforms, they allow researchers to gain exposure to research issues in other disciplines as well. This type of interdisciplinary collaboration can bring new research opportunities.”
All datasets in Oracle Open Data are located close to computing resources – including Oracle's powerful High Performance Computing (HPC) and graphics processing unit (GPU) capabilities – reducing the cost and time to move them and use them. The tool provides important metadata and sample code for each dataset, which simplifies technical complexities and makes it easier for researchers to use.
Oracle Open Data is being offered in an initial release with limited availability, so researchers are encouraged to subscribe to to have advance access, providing your name and email. Those who use the free service can help by providing important information for the product and influencing data growth.
Also announced were new Oracle for Research Awards that enable global projects to solve the world's most complex problems through cloud computing and an open research community.
- Oracle for Research Cloud Starter Award– A $1000 credit for a variety of cloud services, database and storage offerings. Researchers can host, process, analyze, share and store data on the Oracle Cloud, without the need to provide credit card data. When credits are used, researchers will have the option to upgrade to a paid environment to access even more services, or stay active with access to the services. Oracle Always Free .
- Oracle for Research Project Award –In addition to the US﹩1,000 Cloud Credit for the Oracle for Research Cloud Starter Award, qualified researchers with well-defined projects can receive additional benefits from cloud credit, hands-on consultation with Oracle solution engineers, opportunities to collaborate with peers , assistance in co-authoring, publication of articles and expansion of findings.
“At the Georgia Tech School of Interactive Computing, we embarked on a project to build a very complex human activity recognition model using wearable sensors,” said Dr. Kwon. "Through our participation in Oracle for Research, we were able to process and store large amounts of data in a timely manner, resulting in two publications in less than a year."
Candidates for the Oracle for Research Awards will be screened based on project complexity, duration, and scope. Strong consideration will be given to research projects that have the potential to profoundly impact people's lives over the next five years. Candidates can learn more about the application process and qualifications. on here
