ARCHIVED: What kind of research is being done in the domain sciences using XSEDE digital services?

Researchers from a wide variety of disciplines use Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) cyberinfrastructure, including its digital services and the expertise of its Service Providers, to enhance the productivity of their projects and advance scientific discovery that improves the health and safety of our world. XSEDE computational and visualization services facilitate research in complex fields that produce and require the analysis of massive amounts of data. Scientific disciplines represented by XSEDE researchers include (but are not limited to):

• Atmospheric sciences
• Astronomical sciences
• Biochemistry and molecular structure and function
• Biophysics
• Chemistry
• Earth sciences
• Environmental biology
• Extragalactic astronomy and cosmology
• Geophysics
• Global atmospheric research
• Integrative biology and neuroscience
• Materials research
• Molecular biosciences
• Genome analysis
• Seismology and earthquake hazard mitigation
• Stellar astronomy and astrophysics
• Systematic and population biology

For a compilation of research highlights achieved by XSEDE researchers, see The Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment 2011-2012 Annual Highlights (in PDF format), published by the XSEDE Education and Outreach Service.

For further information about research underway by XSEDE scientists, see the list of current XSEDE allocations. The list is also accessible from the XSEDE User Portal (on the Allocations tab, click Current Allocations). Click each project's name to view its abstract.

Additionally, you can browse the list of current Science Gateways, also accessible from the XSEDE User Portal (on the Resources tab, click Science Gateways). Click Field of Science to sort the list alphabetically by science discipline; click each title for a description of the Science Gateway and the research it enables.