Globus at core of ambitious new Grid Physics Network project
The Universities of Florida and Chicago will lead an $11.9 million initiative that will lay the groundwork for a computer data grid of unprecedented speed and power, the National Science Foundation announced today.
The initiative, called the Grid Physics Network, or GriPhyN (pronounced "griffin"), is funded by the largest grant in the National Science Foundation's new Information Technology Research program, which supports long-term basic research on networking and information technology.
GriPhyN will build on a base of proven grid technologies, in particular the Globus toolkit, to provide the basic services and capabilities of a computational grid.