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ConvertGRID

Principal Investigator – Keith Cole, University of Manchester
Contact - keith.cole @ manchester.ac.uk
Website - http://pascal.mvc.mcc.ac.uk:9080/convert


This project investigated complex social science research questions that require the combination of datasets from multiple sources. The key objectives were:

  • To provide a practical demonstration of how Grid technologies can be used to facilitate the integration of data from disparate sources and overcome a major barrier to research use of multiple datasets
  • To demonstrate how it is possible to Grid-enable existing socio-economic data sources and associated data services and make them available to other Grid-based services
  • To demonstrate the potential of the Grid for teaching purposes by building a user interface to a Grid-based service which is suitable for student use
  • To demonstrate how Grid technologies can be used to extend the functionality of existing data services
  • To illustrate how the integration of multiple datasets from different sources can enhance the analysis/visualisation of changing patterns of deprivation at a small area scale

Presentations

P D F documentConvertGrid
Keith Cole, University of Manchester
ESRC Research Methods Festival, Oxford, 17 – 20 July 2006

P D F documentConvertGrid
K. Cole, L. Mason, P.Ekin, University of Manchester
J. Maclaren, Louisiana State University, USA
2nd International Conference on e-Social Science, Manchester, 28 – 30 June 2006

P D F documentConvertGrid: Cross-Referencing Data Held in Different Geographies
J. MacLaren, University of Manchester
NCeSS All Hands Meeting, Manchester, 5 – 6 July 2004

Publications

P D F documentConvertGrid
K. Cole, L. Mason, P.Ekin, University of Manchester
J. Maclaren, Louisiana State University, USA
Published in the Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on e-Social Science, Manchester, 28 - 30 June 2006

ESRC End of Award Report

ESRC Plain English Summary

ESRC Non-technical Summary