What is DAME
Nowadays, many scientific areas share the same need of being able to deal with massive and distributed datasets and to perform on them complex knowledge extraction tasks. DAME (DAta Mining & Exploration) is an innovative, general purpose, Web-based, distributed data mining infrastructure specialized in Massive Data Sets exploration with machine learning methods.
Initially fine tuned to deal with astronomical data only, DAME has evolved in a general purpose platform program, hosting a cloud of applications and services useful also in other domains of human endeavor.
DAME is an evolving platform and new services as well as additional features are continuously added. The modular architecture of DAME can also be exploited to build applications, finely tuned to specific needs.
The project represents what is commonly considered an important element of e-science: a stronger multi-disciplinary approach based on the mutual interaction and interoperability between different scientific and technological fields (nowadays defined as X-Informatics, such as Astro-Informatics). Such an approach may have significant implications in the Knowledge Discovery in Databases process, where even near-term developments in the computing infrastructure which links data, knowledge and scientists will lead to a transformation of the scientific communication paradigm and will improve the discovery scenario in all sciences.
Outreach and Citation Policy
The goal of DAME is to offer and develop open and broadly available software tools and services for scientific purposes. Groups or individuals interested in collaborating or participating in scientific and/or technological projects/activities are welcomed and encouraged to contact us. Please, consult policy and citation document.
DAME Outreach and Citation Policy document
Science Cases in Astrophysics
- Photometric redshift evaluation
- Photometric Quasar candidates extraction
- Globular Clusters search
- Photometric transient classification in multi-band, multi-epoch sky surveys
- Astronomical image segmentation for object catalogue extraction
- EUCLID ESA Mission Data Quality Tools (incoming next...)
Products (Cloud Services) in one click
The DAME Program is made of a cloud of web-based applications and services, continously growing up in a variety of scientific areas. The following are the products already available.
DAMEWARE Web Application REsource
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SDSS Mirror Site
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WFXT Time Calculator
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VOGCLUSTERS Web App
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DAME-KappA Service
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STraDiWA (Sky Transient Discovery Web App)
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Official Partners
In the 2011 the DAME Program has been recognized as one of worldwide candidates to be taken as reference for future design of data mining tools in the IVOA Community (see reference document here)
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News:
Pennsylvania State University, USA
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ASTROINFORMATICS 2012
Redmond WA, USA
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DAME present at 22nd WIRN Conference in Italy!
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AstroInformatics2011 Conference in Italy, hosted and organized by DAME Team!
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IVOA Interop Meeting hosted by DAME Working site!
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DAME on ASCL (Astrophysics Source Code Library)
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DAMEWARE (Web Application REsource) is online!
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VOGCLUSTERS Web Application (alpha release) is online!
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Resources:
- Newsletters
- IVOA Interest Group on Knowledge Discovery in Databases
- Astrophysics within Sc.O.P.E. Project
- DAME within Sc.O.P.E. GRID
- Theses & apprenticeship offer
- Extending DAMEWARE
- Program Management Overview
- Program Overview
- Clustering Review