The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis
The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis
Workshop: The 18th Workshop on Workflows in Support of Large-Scale Science (WORKS23) - Part 1 of 2
Authors: Marco Aldinucci (University of Turin), Elena Baralis (Polytechnic University of Turin), Valeria Cardellini (University of Rome Tor Vergata), Iacopo Colonnelli (University of Turin), Marco Danelutto (University of Pisa), Sergio Decherchi (Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia), Giuseppe Di Modica (University of Bologna), Luca Ferrucci (University of Pisa), Marco Gribaudo (Polytechnic University of Milan), Francesco Iannone (ENEA HPC laboratory), Marco Lapegna (University of Naples Federico II), Doriana Medic (University of Turin), Giuseppa Muscianisi (CINECA), Francesca Righetti (University of Pisa), Eva Sciacca (National Institute for Astrophysics), Nicola Tonellotto (University of Pisa), Mauro Tortonesi (University of Ferrara), Paolo Trunfio (University of Calabria), and Tullio Vardanega (University of Padua)
Abstract: An entire ecosystem of methodologies and tools revolves around scientific workflow management. They cover crucial non-functional requirements that standard workflow models fail to target, such as interactive execution, energy efficiency, performance portability, Big Data management, and intelligent orchestration in the Computing Continuum. Characterizing and monitoring this ecosystem is crucial to develop an informed view of current and future research directions. This work conducts a systematic mapping study of the Italian workflow research community, collecting and analyzing 25 tools and 10 applications from several scientific domains in the context of the "National Research Centre for HPC, Big Data, and Quantum Computing'' (ICSC). The study aims to outline the main current research directions and determine how they address the critical needs of modern scientific applications. The findings highlight a variegated research ecosystem of tools, with a prominent interest in advanced workflow orchestration and still immature but promising efforts toward energy efficiency.