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A Science Gateway is a community-developed set of tools, applications, and data that is integrated via a portal or a suite of applications, usually in a graphical user interface, that is further customized to meet the needs of a specific community. Gateways enable entire communities of users associated with a common scientific discipline to use national resources through a common interface that is already configured for optimal use. Researchers can focus on their scientific goals and less on assembling the cyberinfrastructure environment they require. Gateways can also foster collaborations and the exchange of ideas amongst researchers.
How to Turn Your Project into a Science Gateway
- Get an XSEDE allocation; Start-up and Educational allocations require only a one paragraph project description.
- Register your project as an XSEDE Gateway
- Build a portal (Developers section)
- Set up your developer accounts and community accounts
Using Existing Gateways
Gateways are independent projects, each of which has its own guidelines for access. Most gateways are available for use by anyone, although they usually target a particular research audience. XSEDE Science Gateways are portals to computational and data services and resources across a wide range of science domains for researchers, engineers, educators, and students. Depending on the needs of the individual communities, a gateway may provide any of the following features:
- Collections of experimental data
- High performance computation resources
- Workflow tools
- General or domain-specific analytic and vizualization software
- Collaborative interfaces
- Job submission tools
- Education modules
See the List of Gateways, which is sortable by science domain, to explore the current portals.