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“The development of e-science has been driven by a number of factors, both scientific and social. On the scientific side, researchers have pointed to the possibilities of using new tools to foster global scientific collaboration (Atkins, et al., 2003; Taylor, 2001). Hey and Trefethen (2003) talk of the need to cope with “the data deluge,” the increase in the sheer volume of data that needs to be stored and made accessible in different ways, and how this serves both as a driver and a challenge for e-science. These and other calls for funding e-science programs (see the U.K. National e-Science Centre website http://www.nesc.ac.uk/ and the National Centre for e-Social Science website http://www.ncess.org/ as well as the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Office of the Cyberinfrastructure funding opportunities website http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?org=OCI) have identified the need for more effective communication, putting materials online, sharing instruments, and other needs of the sciences.”
Ralph Schroeder y Jenny Fry , Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University
