GOOD 2025

Maureen Dougherty [Ecosystem for Research Networking]

Maureen Dougherty is the Project Coordinator for the Ecosystem for Research Networking (ERN), a member of the Steering Committee, and project manager for the ERN CryoEM Remote Instrument Access Pilot Project. As the former director for the Center for High-Performance Computing at the University of Southern California for over ten years, she was responsible for the advancement of the institution’s private research cluster, associated storage and supporting research computing across all science domains and university campuses. Grants associated in the development of multi-institutional collaborative efforts in the areas of advanced cyber-infrastructure facilitation and advanced networking projects.


Session

03-19
15:00
25min
ERN CryoEM Federated Remote Instrument Access Pilot Project
Maureen Dougherty [Ecosystem for Research Networking]

The Ecosystem for Research Networking (ERN) CryoEM Remote Instrument Access Pilot Project aims to simplify wide-area internet access to scientific instruments and data sets by multi-institutional collaboration with emphasis on under-represented and under-resourced institutions. The goal is a secure, web-based portal, built upon containerized Open OnDemand, providing federated access to scientific instruments and associated large data sets; generate workflows paired with AI microservices, edge computing, and advanced computing, for real-time experimental parameter adjustments and decisions. This talk will present an overview of the design and development efforts of this active project, concluding with a short video and link to the open-source GitHub repository for community participation.

Platform Track
Belfer Case Study Room (CGIS S020)