Processing in EMBRC

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Context of processing in EMBRC / St Andrews[edit]

Questionnaire answers from EMBRC/St Andrews on Processing available at: https://envriplus.manageprojects.com/projects/requirements/notebooks/470/pages/40

Summary of EMBRC / St Andrews requirements for Processing[edit]

Detailed requirements[edit]

  1. Data processing desiderata: input
    a. What data are to be processed? What are their:
    > Typologies Varies
    > Volume Varies
    > Velocity Varies
    > Variety Varies

    b. How is the data made available to the analytics phase? By file, by web (stream/protocol), etc.
    > Files

    c. Please provide concrete examples of data.
    > It varies a lot. There are also data protection issues.

  2. Data processing desiderata: analytics
    a. Computing needs quantification:
    a.1 How many processes do you need to execute?
    a.2 How much time does each process take/should take?
    > Varies

    b. Process implementation:
    b.1 What do you use in terms of:
    > Programming languages varies
    > Platform varies
    > Specific software requirements varies

    c. Is there a possibility to inject proprietary/user defined algorithms/processes for each of the above?
    > Yes

    d. Do you use a sandbox to test and tune the algorithm/process for each of the above?
    > Yes

    f. Do you use batch or interactive processing?
    > Both

    g. Do you use a monitoring console?
    > It varies

    h. Please provide concrete examples of processes to be supported/currently in use;
    > It varies

  3. Data processing desiderata: output
    a. What data are produced?
    > Mainly results of analysis

  4. How are analytics outcomes made available?
    > By paper

  5. Statistical questions
    a. Is the data collected with a distinct question/hypothesis in mind? Or is simply something being measured?
    > Varies

    b. Will questions/hypotheses be generated or refined (broadened or narrowed in scope) after the data has been collected? (N.B. Such activity would not be good statistical practice)
    > Hopefully not

  6. Statistical data
    a. Does the question involve analysing the responses of a single set of data (univariate) to other predictor variables or are there multiple response data (bi or multivariate data)?
    > Varies

    b. Is the data continuous or discrete?
    > Varies

    c. Is the data bounded in some form (i.e. what is the possible range of the data)?
    > Varies

    d. Typically how many datums approximately are there?
    > Can be millions

  7. Statistical data analysis
    a. Is it desired to work within a statistics or data mining paradigm?
    > Mainly statistical

    b. Is it desired that there is some sort of outlier/anomaly assessment?
    > desirable

    c. Are you interested in a statistical approach which rejects null hypotheses (frequentist) or generates probable belief in a hypothesis (Bayesian approach) or do you have a no real preference
    > Both

Formalities (who & when) [edit]

Go-between
Cristina Adriana Alexandru
RI representative
Charles Paxton
Period of requirements collection
November 2015
Status