An Autonomous Blockchain-Based Workflow Execution Broker for e-Science

An Autonomous Blockchain-Based Workflow Execution Broker for e-Science | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article An Autonomous Blockchain-Based Workflow Execution Broker for e-Science Alper Alimoglu, Can Ozturan This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3917367/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Under Review Version 1 posted 7 You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Scientific workflows are essential for many applications, enabling the configuration and execution of complex tasks across distributed resources. In this paper, we contribute an Ethereum blockchain-based scientific workflow execution manager, which distributes workflows to run on cluster computing providers that utilize the Slurm workload manager to execute them. We extended our blockchain-based autonomous resource broker called eBlocBroker, which is a DAO-based decentralized coordinator, by providing distributed workflow execution via blockchain. Through various tests, we demonstrate how our eBlockBroker autonomous organization, which is programmed as a smart contract, can manage scientific workflow submission, scheduling, and execution on cluster computing providers. We are motivated because our system has been developed with e-Science in mind where scientific workflows are widely utilized. Blockchain scheduling cloud distributed programming partitioning cluster computing Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Under Review Version 1 posted Editorial decision: Revision requested 27 Feb, 2024 Reviews received at journal 15 Feb, 2024 Reviewers agreed at journal 06 Feb, 2024 Reviewers invited by journal 06 Feb, 2024 Editor assigned by journal 06 Feb, 2024 Submission checks completed at journal 02 Feb, 2024 First submitted to journal 01 Feb, 2024 You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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