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Danielle Venton

Recent articles by this author:

  • Opinion - What I learned from the grid December 8, 2010 - 1:00am
    Korean-based researcher Soonwook Hwang muses on his experiences using the grid.
  • Feature - From grids to clouds and beyond: GRNET supports Greek researchers November 3, 2010 - 1:00am
      Project Profile - From grids to clouds and beyond: GRNET supports Greek researchers The Acropolis from Philipapou Hill at sunset, Image courtesy Tim Rogers, stock.xchng All Greek universities get their internet from one source: GRNET (Greek...
  • Feature - Achilles tendon a blessing, not a curse October 6, 2010 - 1:00am
    Feature - Achilles tendon a blessing, not a curse Sprinters lining up for the start of the Women’s 100-meter at the Beijing Olympics. Image courtesy LIM CK, under Creative Commons license. Compared with other runners on this planet, humans are...
  • Feature - People behind EGI: Tiziana Ferrari September 8, 2010 - 1:00am
    Profile - People behind the European Grid Initiative: Tiziana Ferrari Image courtesy EGI The European Grid Infrastructure’s role is to support research and collaboration across the continent by providing seamless, instant access to computing...
  • Feature - People behind EGI: Steve Brewer steps in as the voice of the user September 1, 2010 - 1:00am
    Feature - People behind EGI: Steve Brewer steps in as the voice of the user Image courtesy Steve Brewer With the EGI technical forum coming up in a few weeks, readers may want to know more about the people behind the scenes. Much of the organization...
  • Feature - Open Nebula becomes what you want June 16, 2010 - 1:00am
    Open Nebula becomes what you want An intricate sand castle sculpture, about 10 feet (over 3 meters) high, in Victoria, Australia. Photo courtesy Wikipedia, under Creative Commons license. As children, our sand castles were limited only by our...
  • Feature - EMI, home to middleware June 2, 2010 - 1:00am
    Feature - EMI, home to middleware Photo courtesy EMI Who will look after distributed computing middleware in the European Grid Infrastructure-era? A new project is poised to become the answer to that question. The goal of the European Middleware...
  • Profile: EGI director, Steven Newhouse June 2, 2010 - 1:00am
    Profile: EGI’s director, Steven Newhouse The new director of the organization that will coordinate Europe’s grid infrastructure, at the gala EGEE User Forum dinner in Uppsala, Sweden. Image courtesy Corentin Chevalier, GridTalk Steven...
  • Feature - ARGUS keeps a sure watch always May 26, 2010 - 1:00am
    Feature - ARGUS keeps a sure watch always Upon the death of Argus, Hera honored her faithful watchman by gathering his many eyes and placing them on the tail of a peacock. Image courtesy Gari.Baldi, under Creative Commons license. In classical Greek...
  • Feature - CLARIN: A project that speaks to you May 5, 2010 - 1:00am
    CLARIN: A project that speaks to you Wee-Ta-Ra-Sha-Ro, Head Chief of the Wichita. Painted by George Catlin in 1834. Image courtesy Indigenouspeople.net The creation story of the Wichita people tells of a creator, “Man-never-known-on-Earth,”...