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AUSTIN, Texas<\/span>, Nov. 16, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ — Oracle for Research<\/a>, Oracle’s global community that uses cloud computing to accelerate scientific discovery, today announced new resources that enable researchers, scientists, and developers to solve the world’s most complex problems. Oracle Open Data<\/a> is a newly created cloud service that curates information \u2013 spatial images, protein sequences, and annotated text files \u2013 from the world’s leading scientific databases. The repository connects researchers, developers, students and educators with petabytes of open data from trusted resources. Oracle for Research also unveiled two award programs that offer new pathways to advance science and support global research communities in the Oracle Cloud<\/a> ecosystem. <\/p>\n

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“Today marks an exciting milestone for Oracle for Research,” said Alison Derbenwick Miller<\/span>, Vice President, Oracle for Research. “Through our newly launched cloud-focused programs, products, and services, Oracle for Research is realizing our vision to accelerate discovery and results, and help change the world for good through an integrated community of researchers working collaboratively with Oracle and Oracle Cloud.”<\/p>\n

Oracle Open Data focuses on data sets spanning genomics and bioinformatics; geospatial data, earth science and climate science; and Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). Currently, Oracle is the only cloud provider to offer access to the new ZINC 22 dataset, which enables virtual screening of millions of commercially available molecules, each with 3D structure compounds.<\/p>\n

“Many researchers in the interactive computing community like me are looking for services that remove burdens associated with data hosting and that also encourage communities to keep these valuable resources available,” said Dr. Hyeokhyen Kwon, Georgia Tech Ph.D. graduate and Oracle for Research recipient. “Platforms like Oracle Open Data can be a big help in this, and an additional benefit of these types of open data platforms is that they allow researchers to gain exposure to research problems in other disciplines. This type of collaboration across disciplines may bring new research opportunities.” <\/p>\n

All the datasets in Oracle Open Data are located close to compute resources \u2013 including Oracle’s powerful High Performance Computing (HPC) and graphics processing unit (GPU) resources \u2013 reducing the cost and time to move and use them. The tool provides important metadata and sample code for each dataset, which simplifies technical complexities and makes it easy for researchers to use.  <\/p>\n

Oracle Open Data is being offered in an initial limited availability release, and researchers are encouraged to sign up<\/a> for early access by providing their name and email address. Those using the free service can provide important input into the product roadmap and influence the future addition of more datasets.<\/p>\n

Also announced today are new Oracle for Research awards that enable global projects to solve the world’s most complex problems through cloud computing and an open research community. <\/p>\n