Dr Ikki Fujiwara1, Dr Yusuke Komiyama1, Dr Makoto Asaoka1, Dr Masaharu Hayashi1, Dr Shigetoshi Yokoyama1, Dr Atsuko Takefusa1, Dr Kento Aida1, Dr Kazutsuna Yamaji1
1National Institute Of Informatics, Chiyoda-ku, Japan
The importance of research software is receiving greater attention in terms of research reproducibility with FAIR data. Software and its runtime environment should be treated as important asset as data and papers. With this aim in mind, we have developed our JupyberHub service that is integrated with our research data management and repository systems.
First, we have extended GakuNin RDM, our research data management service based on Open Science Framework. The extension enables users to build and manage their own Jupyter containers on our Kubernetes cluster or on the JupyterHubs that have built by the users themselves. From within the Jupyter environment the user can read/write his/her files managed by GakuNin RDM via FUSE. This service is provided to the members of universities and institutions participating in GakuNin, the Academic Access Management Federation in Japan. Unlike Google Colab or Code Ocean, we aim to provide a quasi-persistent environment based on the trust provided by GakuNin.
Second, we have extended WEKO3, our institutional repository service based on Invenio 3. Clicking on the added “Online Analysis” button allows visitors to build their own Jupyter containers that include the data files published in the repository. This functionality is currently enabled in Japan Data Catalog for the Humanities and Social Sciences (JDCat). It makes it easy for researchers and faculty to begin data analysis in their research and teaching.
Leveraging these functionalities, we will continue to develop a suite of services that enables non-expert users to easily conduct reproducible data-driven research.
Biography:
Ikki Fujiwara received the BE and ME degrees from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2002 and 2004, respectively, and received the Ph.D. degree in informatics from SOKENDAI (the Graduate University for Advanced Studies) in 2012. From 2012 through 2016, he was a postdoctoral researcher in the Information Systems Architecture Science Research Division, National Institute of Informatics. From 2016 through 2018, he was a senior researcher in the Universal Communication Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology. He is currently a Project Associate Professor in the Research Center for Open Science and Data Platform, National Institute of Informatics.