Title :
The iGrid project: enabling international research and education collaborations through high performance networking
Author :
McMullen, Donald F. ; McRobbie, Michael A. ; Adams, Karen ; Pearson, Douglas ; DeFanti, Thomas A. ; Brown, Maxine D. ; Plepys, Dana ; Verlo, Alan ; Goldstein, Steven N.
Author_Institution :
Indiana Univ., IN, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes the iGrid, an international collaborative demonstration project to prototype next-generation network-based research and education tools, shown at the High-Performance Networking and Computing Conference, (SC´98) in Orlando, Florida, USA (Nov. 7-13, 1998). Also described is the current network infrastructure supporting international collaborations among researchers in the Asia-Pacific region, North America and Europe
Keywords :
educational technology; research initiatives; wide area networks; Asia-Pacific region; Europe; North America; high-performance networking; iGrid project; international collaborative demonstration project; international education collaborations; international research; network applications; network infrastructure; Collaborative tools; Computer networks; Context-aware services; Distributed computing; Educational technology; Europe; Grid computing; High energy physics instrumentation computing; High performance computing; International collaboration;
Conference_Titel :
Internet Workshop, 1999. IWS 99
Conference_Location :
Osaka
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5925-9
DOI :
10.1109/IWS.1999.811018
