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Hartswood, Mark, Procter, Rob, Schopf, J. M., Slack, Roger, Ure, Jenny, Voss, Alex and Lin, Yuwei (2006) Abstractions, accounts and grid usability. In: 2nd International Conference on e-Social Science, Manchester, UK, 28-30 Jun 2006. Published in: Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on e-social science pp. 1-12.
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Abstract
The vision of the Grid is one of seamless, virtual and constantly changing resources where users need not concern themselves about details, such as exactly where an application is running or where their data is being stored. However, seamless and virtual often imply a lack of control that users may be wary of, or even opposed to. Drawing upon our studies of HCI and of collaborative work, this paper examines whether the Grid development community should be taking this vision literally and argues for the need for accountability of systems ‘in interaction’. We give examples of an alternative approach that seeks to provide ways in which administrators, technical support and user communities can make sense of the behaviour of the complex socio-technical ensembles that are the reality of Grids.
Item Type: | Conference Item (Paper) | ||||
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Alternative Title: | Abstractions, accountability and grid usability | ||||
Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Electronic computers. Computer science. Computer software | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Computer Science | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Data mining -- Great Britain, Electronic data processing -- Great Britain, Computer systems -- Great Britain, Systems software, Computer software -- Great Britain, Education -- Effect of technological innovations on -- Great Britain, Information storage and retrieval systems | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on e-social science | ||||
Publisher: | ESRC National Centre for e-Social Science | ||||
Official Date: | June 2006 | ||||
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Page Range: | pp. 1-12 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 8 April 2016 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 8 April 2016 | ||||
Funder: | Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC) | ||||
Conference Paper Type: | Paper | ||||
Title of Event: | 2nd International Conference on e-Social Science | ||||
Type of Event: | Conference | ||||
Location of Event: | Manchester, UK | ||||
Date(s) of Event: | 28-30 Jun 2006 |
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