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Cyberinfrastructure

Cyberinfrastructure means shared high-performance computing, data storage systems, data repositories, advanced instruments, data center facilities, visualization environments, and people, all linked together by software and an advanced statewide optical network to improve and enable breakthroughs not otherwise possible.

Arkansas Research and Educational Optical Network (ARE-ON)

ARE-ON (Arkansas Research and Education Optical Network) is an economic development initiative represented by a high speed fiber based optical network wholly owned and operated by the Arkansas higher education community. ARE-ON is a collaborative environment that empowers each institution to leverage the unique and agile capabilities of high performance networking and computing for RESEARCH, EDUCATION, TELEMEDICINE, and EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.

View more information at the AREON web site.

UARK Campus Champion and TeraGrid – A World-Class Connection

U.S. researchers get free access to the world's largest cyberinfrastructure for open science research

Using high-performance network connections, the TeraGrid integrates high performance computers, data resources and tools, and high-end experimental facilities around the country. Currently, TeraGrid resources include more than 1 petaflop/s of computing capability and more than 30 petabytes of online and archival data storage, with rapid access and retrieval over high-performance networks. researchers can also access more than 100 discipline-specific databases. With this combination of resources, the teraGrid is the world's largest, most comprehensive distributed cyberinfrastructure for open science research.

Your UARK-TeraGrid Campus Champion will help you apply for TeraGrid allocations of computational time, storage, or advanced user support. Contact:

Jeff F. Pummill

Senior Linux Cluster Administrator

TeraGrid Campus Champion - UofA

(479) 575 - 4590

http://hpc.uark.edu

View more information at the TeraGrid web site.

Southern University Research Association Testbed Grid

The goal of the SURA Grid project is to evaluate components of the NSF Middleware Initiative (NMI) and to deploy grid technology at participating sites. The results of the project will be to increase familiarity with grid tools, bring this technology to campus researchers, and to raise the awareness and use of grids within the SURA region and at the University of Arkansas. Areas of grid research and development that we are exploring include identity management and mechanism for authorization.

View more information at the SURAGrid web site.

Great Plains Network Grid

The Great Plains Network Grid (GPN) is dedicated to supporting scientific research and education through the use of advanced networking technology and high performance computing.

The vision of GPN is to enhance competitiveness and economic benefit by providing leadership in advanced, high-performance applications and network technologies to enable the Great Plains region to lead in innovative learning/educational environments and collaborative research.

View more information at the Open Science Grid web site.

Last updated: April 22, 2009

More about TeraGrid

The TeraGrid, sponsored by the National Science Foundation Office of Cyberinfrastructure, is a partnership of people, resources and services that enables discovery in U.S. science and engineering.

Through coordinated policy, grid software, and high-performance network connections, the TeraGrid integrates a distributed set of high-capability computational, data-management, and visualization resources to make research more productive. With Science Gateway collaborations and education, outreach, and training programs, the TeraGrid also connects and broadens scientific communities.

Coordinated through the Grid Infrastructure Group (GIG) at the University of Chicago, TeraGrid works in partnership with eleven Resource Provider sites: Indiana University, the Louisiana Optical Network Initiative, National Center for Atmospheric Research, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, the National Institute for Computational Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, Purdue University, San Diego Supercomputer Center, Texas Advanced Computing Center, and the University of Chicago/Argonne National Laboratory.

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