MOLECULAR OPEN SCIENCE ENABLED CLOUD SERVICES (MOSEX) FOR CHEMICAL EDUCATION

Abstract

In this paper the Molecular Open Science Enabled Cloud Service (MOSEX) project developed in our laboratory in collaboration with other European academic and research institutions is presented. The particular application considered here is the determination and validation of the reaction parameters of elementary chemical processes through an iterative synergistic use of theory, computations and experiments for use in education. The cloud image (VHERLA) of the computational infrastructure of MOSEX implemented at the GARR Cloud node of Palermo as a Virtual Data Centre is also illustrated in order point out the type of support used for the Learning Objects and the On Line Courses of the European Chemistry Thematic Network (ECTN).