A Collection Of Essays Expanding On The Vision Of Pioneering Computer Scientist Jim Gray For A New, Fourth Paradigm Of Discovery Based On Data-intensive Science. Foreword / Gordon Bell -- Jim Gray On Escience : A Transformed Scientific Method / Edited By Tony Hey, Stewart Tansley, And Kristin Tolle -- Earth And Environment. Introduction / Dan Fay -- Gray's Laws : Database-centric Computing In Science / Alexander S. Szalay, José A. Blakeley -- The Emerging Science Of Environmental Applications / Jeff Dozier, William B. Gail -- Redefining Ecological Science Using Data / James R. Hunt, Dennis D. Baldocchi, Catharine Van Ingen -- A 2020 Vision For Ocean Science / John R. Delaney, Roger S. Barga -- Bringing The Night Sky Closer : Discoveries In The Data Deluge / Alyssa A. Goodman, Curtis G. Wong -- Instrumenting The Earth : Next-generation Sensor Networks And Environmental Science / Michael Lehning ... [et Al.] -- Health And Wellbeing. Introduction / Simon Mercer -- The Healthcare Singularity And The Age Of Semantic Medicine / Michael Gillam ... [et Al.] -- Healthcare Delivery In Developing Countries : Challenges And Potential Solutions / Joel Robertson ... [et Al.] -- Discovering The Wiring Diagram Of The Brain / Jeff W. Lichtman ... [et Al.] -- Toward A Computational Microscope For Neurobiology / Eric Horvitz, William Kristan -- A Unified Modeling Approach To Data-intensive Healthcare / Iain Buchan, John Winn, Chris Bishop -- Visualization In Process Algebra Models Of Biological Systems / Luca Cardelli, Corrado Priami -- Scientific Infrastructure. Introduction / Daron Green -- A New Path For Science? / Mark R. Abbott -- Beyond The Tsunami : Developing The Infrastructure To Deal With Life Sciences Data / Christopher Southan, Graham Cameron -- Multicore Computing And Scientific Discovery / James Larus, Dennis Gannon -- Parallelism And The Cloud / Dennis Gannon, Dan Reed -- The Impact Of Workflow Tools On Data-centric Research / Carole Goble, David De Roure -- Semantic Escience : Encoding Meaning In Next-generation Digitally Enhanced Science / Peter Fox, James Hendler -- Visualization For Data-intensive Science / Charles Hansen ... [et Al.] -- A Platform For All That We Know : Creating A Knowledge-driven Research Infrastructure / Savas Parastatidis -- Scholarly Communications. Introduction / Lee Dirks -- Jim Gray's Fourth Paradigm And The Construction Of The Scientific Record / Clifford Lynch -- Text In A Data-centric World / Paul Ginsparg -- All Aboard : Toward A Machine-friendly Scholarly Communication System / Herbert Van De Sompel, Carl Lagoze -- The Future Of Data Policy / Anne Fitzgerald, Brian Fitzgerald, Kylie Pappalardo -- I Have Seen The Paradigm Shift, And It Is Us / John Wilbanks -- From Web 2.0 To The Global Database / Timo Hannay -- The Way Forward / Craig Mundie -- Conclusions / Tony Hey, Stewart Tansley, Kristin Tolle -- Next Steps. Edited By Tony Hey, Stewart Tansley And Kristin Tolle. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

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