The document outlines current challenges in radio astronomy and potential solutions using scientific workflows and research objects. It introduces the speaker and their background and interests in bringing computational tools and the virtual observatory to radio astronomy. Specific challenges discussed include an overabundance of data that is difficult to find, document, share and reproduce. The talk proposes that workflows and research objects could help address these issues by defining computations and dependencies, enabling distributed and interactive computing, and providing tools for workflow storage, discovery and provenance.
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