Preparing for the Next Pandemic: Developing an Open Science Platform for Better Decision-Making in Public Health

"Ask any Epidemiologist about another pandemic, and they will reply, “It is not a question of if, but of when.” Many hard lessons were learned during the height of the recent COVID-19 pandemic (which continues into the fall of 2024). One of these lessons was the large amounts of heroic, overlapping, and redundant work that was taking place. In this interview, HPCwire talks with Dr. Jonathan Ozik and Dr. Valerie Hayot-Sasson about algorithm driven HPC workflows, improved data ingestion, curation, and management capabilities, and a shared development environment for rapid response and collaboration. One of the key goals is developing an open science data-flow platform, using tools like those developed by the Globus Project, to aid in better and timely public health decisions."