Guide to e-Science

e-Science supports the complete scientific lifecycle
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e-Science provides the computing, data storage and networking infrastructure required by today's advanced science facilities to support the complete scientific lifecycle, from background research, through simulation and experimental design, data collection and analysis to publication.

Traditionally science involved two main pillars: theory to generate hypotheses and experimentation to test them. In modern science  theories are complex, data volumes are large, and experimental teams are often international collaborations. A third pillar of e-Science has been added to the scientific process.

Today, STFC  e-Science provides a broad range of services to support science across the UK and beyond. In the last 40 years e-Science and its predecessor organisations have made significant contributions to scientific computing which are described in the sections below, along with the policy issues which guide today's e-Science strategy. Further details of these can be found by following the related links on the right.

The Science and Technology Facilities Council e-Science Centre supports research undertaken by all research councils. Both users and collaborators include researchers in universities, research laboratories and commercial companies throughout the UK, Europe and the world in a broad range of disciplines. Further details of collaborators and users of e-Science services are available by following the related link on the right.