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Towards a modular architecture for science factories

Rafael Vescovi, Tobias Ginsburg, Kyle Hippe, Doga Ozgulbas, C. R. Stone, Abraham Stroka, Rory Butler, Ben Blaiszik, Tom Brettin, Kyle Chard,

Digital Discovery · 2023 · 27 citations · 41 references

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ComputingComputer ScienceArtificial IntelligenceAutomationScientific ComputingAutomation SystemsDiscoveryDiscovery AutomationHigh-performance Computing SystemsModular Architecture

Abstract

Advances in robotic automation, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence encourage us to propose large, general-purpose science factories with the scale needed to tackle large discovery problems and to support thousands of scientists.

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