iSGTW 22 November 2006

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Feature: A Decade of Globus in Science

TeraShake 2 simulation of magnitude 7.7 earthquake, created by scientists at the Southern California Earthquake Center and the San Diego Supercomputer Center.
Simulation: SCEC scientists Kim Olsen, Steven Day, SDSU et al; Yifeng Cui et al, SDSC/UCSDVisualization: Amit Chourasia, SDSC/UCSD

Simulating tens of thousands of possible earthquakes shaking Los Angeles, blood flow through realistic human arteries, or the effect of radiation treatment on cancerous tumors. Searching for new subatomic particles, predicting severe storms and hurricanes, or studying supernovae observed from many different telescopes.

Over the past ten years, grid computing and the Globus Toolkit have made these scientific research projects – and hundreds more like them – easier, faster, and in some cases possible for the very first time.

Feature - Science

The Whole Universe, From the Comfort of Your PC
The universe is a big place, and studying it is an even bigger challenge. AstroGrid, a UK-government funded, open-source project, was formed to help create universal access to observational astronomy data scattered around the globe.

Feature - Conferences

Grids at SC'06
From sparkling cars to free iPods, SC‘06 in Tampa, Florida was far from your average technical conference. With over 250 exhibitors, 48 miles of cable, hundreds of technical and educational programs, workshops, and tutorials, there was plenty to entertain the more than 7,000 attendees.

Statistic of the Week

200
Number of monitored sites in the EGEE Production Infrastructure. These sites are provided by the EGEE project’s many partner institutes and other groups who have chosen to connect their resources. The 200 sites are mostly located in Europe, but sites from EGEE partners in the United States and Asia are also represented.

Image of the Week - Science

MiniBooNE Neutrino Experiment

Announcement

TeraGrid '07 Call for Papers
The next annual TeraGrid conference, TeraGrid '07: Broadening Participation in TeraGrid, invites all interested individuals and organizations to participate. TeraGrid ’07 will be held June 4-7, 2007 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Attendees will include scientists and engineers, faculty, postdocs, graduate and undergraduate students, high school teachers, representatives from federal agencies, grid computing industry representatives, and staff from TeraGrid resource providers and partners.

Announcement

Digital Libraries for Grid Computing Training
Current grid computing training activities are predominantly delivered through scheduled events at distributed locations. While these events are essential, they represent only one means for delivering training. The e-Learning pilot at the National e-Science Centre for the EGEE and ICEAGE projects has developed a range of new digital library beta services to facilitate wider access to existing training resources and to underpin forthcoming e-learning services.