OneSciencePlace
OneSciencePlace is a composable platform for delivering research applications, data sharing, and publishing through a single web-based environment — without building custom infrastructure from scratch. The platform comes with a set of building blocks that can be configured to build tailored solutions for common research needs, such as an HPC portal paired with local and remote clusters, a science gateway that curates discipline-specific applications and data, a data and publication repository for a project or institution, or an education and instruction environment with prebuilt applications for courses and workshops.
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It enables research groups, campus computing centers, and science gateway communities to rapidly deploy portals and gateways while integrating multiple computing resources — local, remote, and cloud — within a single environment.
The platform emphasizes FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) content delivery, allowing researchers to access, run, and share applications directly from a web browser. It fosters collaboration by enabling users to publish, reuse, and interact with apps, data, and articles in a unified space — reducing the engineering and operational burden of building and maintaining research platforms.
OneSciencePlace was motivated by the NSF, the Science Gateways Community Institute, and broad community feedback to build a modern, robust platform for research and education. Technology choices were guided by maturity, extensibility, maintainability, and open-source principles. The platform has undergone several iterations informed by end-user testing to deliver a compelling experience for researchers, educators, and administrators alike.
This work was funded by the National Science Foundation under award number 1547611. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Quakeworx
Quakeworx is a science gateway that provides an accessible, web-based cyberinfrastructure for the earthquake science community to seamlessly run, reuse, and contribute advanced computational tools for simulation and data analysis. Designed to reduce technical barriers and accelerate scientific discovery, Quakeworx enables rapid adoption of emerging methods while supporting reproducibility and FAIR data practices.
The platform delivers a growing suite of state-of-the-art earthquake modeling applications, including SeisSol, Tandem, MooseFarm, UCERF3-ETAS, pyCSEP, and HFQsim. These applications can be executed in batch or interactive mode on dedicated compute nodes, national HPC resources, and cloud computing infrastructure.
Quakeworx is a customized instance of the OneSciencePlace platform. Its key capabilities are:
- Curated Apps and Pipelines: Preconfigured simulation and modeling tools ready to run with reference configurations.
- Curated Data: Shared datasets for benchmark problems and scenario simulations, with tracked provenance.
- Job Management: Monitoring and tracking of resource usage and job history.
- Publishing Tools: Support for publishing data, results, workflows, and reports with persistent identifiers in alignment with FAIR principles.
- Community Contributions: Users can upload new applications (via containers or executables), datasets, or publications directly through the browser.
- Access Control: Fine-grained sharing options allow users to keep resources private or share them broadly with the community.
- User Management: Integrated single sign-on (SSO) for institutional users across academia and government.
The National Science Foundation funded this work under award numbers 2311206, 2311207, and 2311208. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Quakeworx Report
Learn more about the Quakeworx implementation of OneSciencePlace. Additional publications from the Quakeworx project can be found on the Quakeworx website
The National Science Foundation funded this work under award numbers 2311206, 2311207, and 2311208. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.