▁research ▁on ▁the ▁project ▁was ▁conducted ▁at ▁Imperial ▁College ▁London ▁as ▁a ▁collaboration ▁between ▁the ▁Depart ments ▁of ▁Comput ing , ▁Physics , ▁Bio chem istry ▁and ▁Earth ▁Science ▁& ▁Engineering . ▁Being ▁a ▁single ▁institution ▁project , ▁the ▁project ▁was ▁unique ▁compared ▁to ▁the ▁other ▁ 1 0 ▁pilot ▁projects ▁fund ed ▁by ▁the ▁E PS RC ▁which ▁were ▁all ▁multi - inst itution al . ▁ ▁The ▁a ims ▁of ▁the ▁Disc overy ▁Net ▁project ▁were ▁to ▁investigate ▁and ▁address ▁the ▁key ▁issues ▁in ▁developing ▁of ▁an ▁e - S cience ▁platform ▁for ▁scientific ▁discovery ▁from ▁the ▁data ▁generated ▁by ▁a ▁wide ▁variety ▁of ▁high ▁through put ▁devices . ▁ ▁It ▁originally ▁considered ▁requirements ▁from ▁applications ▁in ▁life ▁science , ▁ge o - h az ard ▁monitoring , ▁environmental ▁mod elling ▁and ▁renew able ▁energy . ▁The ▁project ▁successfully ▁delivered ▁on ▁all ▁its ▁object ives ▁including ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁Disc overy ▁Net ▁workflow ▁platform ▁and ▁workflow ▁system . ▁Over ▁the ▁years ▁the ▁system ▁evol ved ▁to ▁address ▁applications ▁in ▁many ▁other ▁areas ▁including ▁bio in format ics , ▁chemin format ics , ▁health ▁inform at ics , ▁text ▁min ing ▁and ▁financial ▁and ▁business ▁applications . ▁ ▁Scient ific ▁workflow ▁system ▁ ▁The ▁Disc overy ▁Net ▁system ▁developed ▁within ▁the ▁project ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁earliest ▁examples ▁of ▁scientific ▁workflow ▁systems . ▁It ▁is ▁an ▁e - S cience ▁platform ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁workflow ▁model ▁supporting ▁the ▁integration ▁of ▁distributed ▁data ▁sources ▁and ▁analyt ical ▁tools ▁thus ▁en abling ▁the