Web Infrastructure for Data Management, Storage and Computation.

The Data Storage for Computation and Integration (DSCI) proposes management innovations for web-based secure data storage, algorithms deployment, and task execution. Its architecture allows inclusion of plugins for upload, browsing, sharing, and task execution in remote computing grids. Here, we demonstrate the DSCI implementation and the deployment of Image processing tools (TMJSeg), machine learning algorithms (MandSeg, DentalModelSeg), and advanced statistical packages (Multivariate Functional Shape Data Analysis, MFSDA), with data transfer and task execution handled by the clusterpost plug-in. Due to its comprehensive web-based design, local software installation is no longer required. The DSCI aims to enable and maintain a distributed computing and collaboration environment across multi-site clinical centers for the data processing of multisource features such as clinical, biological markers, volumetric images, and 3D surface models, with particular emphasis on analytics for temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis (TMJ OA).