Louisiana Universities Join Open Science Grid
Through the Louisiana Optical Network Initiative, CCT and Louisiana Tech University have brought the state into the Open Science Grid, an international computing project.
The Open Science Grid is a collaborative, grid computing environment that allows researchers from all over the world to use the combined resources of the member sites to solve complex problems quickly and to work as part of international teams on scientific research.
Both LSU and Louisiana Tech are now listed as sites on the Open Science Grid map. Until now, there were no sites in Louisiana and very few sites in the southern United States invited to join the grid.
Ed Seidel said Louisiana was included on the grid because of the computing resources it has available through LONI and because of the expertise in grids and their applications brought by CCT, Louisiana Tech and other LONI members.
Sites included on the grid have the high-performance computing capacity necessary to conduct research on Open Science Grid projects as well as access to resources that benefit the international science community. The LONI network, which connects supercomputers throughout Louisiana, will add significantly to the Open Science Grid�s capacity.
Initially, resources through Open Science Grid will be available for the D� experiment. Dick Greenwood, a physics professor at Louisiana Tech University, has contributed significantly to the D� remote computing effort and is preparing to do the same for ATLAS, a next-generation international physics project based in Switzerland.
Greenwood ran data for this project remotely by accessing LSU�s supercomputer, SuperMike, from Louisiana Tech University. Since D� computing is supported on the Open Science Grid and both schools demonstrated the computing capacity to work on this project, they became official OSG production sites.
Greenwood said he is grateful for the partnership between the schools that enabled him to conduct the research that led to the state being included on the grid. Both LSU and Louisiana Tech University are LONI partner sites, and according to LONI executive director Charles McMahon, researchers at any of the other six LONI sites who wish to do an Open Science Grid project now will be able to join using LONI�s high-speed, fiber optic applications.
To view the Open Science Grid map, please visit http://osg-cat.grid.iu.edu/. To learn more about LONI, please visit http://www.loni.org.
Last Call for Google Participants! This Friday, Jan. 26, is the deadline to register for the Google Internship/Job Recruitment Event on Wednesday, Jan. 31. Students can register online at http://appl003.lsu.edu/slas/career/careerweb.nsf/index. Google, recently voted the #1 company in America to work for by �Fortune� magazine, will send representatives to campus Jan. 31 from 5-8 p.m. in Dodson Auditorium to provide students with instructions on how to apply for job and internship openings. So far, 217 students have registered, and there are 350 slots available. The event is open to ISDS, engineering and computer science majors first; however, if the Jan. 26 deadline passes and slots remain unfilled, students from other majors will be allowed to attend. For more information, please contact CCT Development Director Melissa Stafford at 578-5433, or mstafford@cct.lsu.edu. CCT in the News AREON opens door to global classroom 1-18-2007/The Traveler The UA launched itself further into the 21st century Tuesday afternoon, as students in six classrooms around the nation and the world were taught simultaneously via computer and high-definition television. http://media.www.thetraveleronline.com/media/storage/paper688/news/2007/01/18/News/Areon.Opens.Door.To.Global.Classroom-2651912.shtml?sourcedomain=www.thetraveleronline.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com Please Note: � The Louisiana Technology Council is holding its annual membership meeting Thursday, Jan. 25 at 5:30 p.m. in Metairie. If anyone is interested in attending to explore the possible connections CCT could gain with membership in the Council, please contact CCT Development Specialist Melissa Stafford at mstafford@cct.lsu.edu or (225) 578-5433. � There will be a free, two-day, high-performance computing training course offered on Thursday, Jan. 25 and Friday, Jan. 26. Information, including a registration link, is available at: http://www.hpc.lsu.edu/training/index.php. � The National Science Foundation�s no-cost workshop at Tulane University is this Friday, Jan. 26. The workshop will give an overview of NSF, as well as tips for its proposal and merit review process. The workshop will be held from 7:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Jan. 26 at the Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life on the Tulane campus, in Room 213, the Kendall Cram Lecture Hall. � There will be a �How to Write a Grant Proposal Workshop� on Friday, Feb. 2 from 9 a.m. to noon at Hill Memorial Library Researchers, support staff and students at the beginning stages of developing a funded research program are encouraged to attend this workshop. For more information or to register, visit www.research.lsu.edu/events.html � The Louisiana Academy of Sciences will host its annual meeting on Friday, March 16, at Southern University. Faculty, staff and students are welcome to attend. The deadline for pre-registration and abstract submissions is Friday, Feb. 16. Visit www.laacademy.org for more information on the meeting and to see for which tracks abstracts are being accepted. Upcoming Grant Deadlines: NSF CISE Pathways to Revitalized Undergraduate Computing Education (CPATH) NSF CPATH January 23 2007 5:00 pm At Most $ 6,000,000.00 available http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06608/nsf06608.htm NSF Human and Social Dynamics: Competition for FY 2007 (Exploratory Research and HSD Research Community Development) NSF HSD January 23 2007 5:00 pm At Least $ 125,000.00 available http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06604/nsf06604.htm NSF Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) NSF MRI January 25 2007 5:00 pm At Most $ 2,000,000.00 available http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05515/nsf05515.htm Scientific Computing Research Environments for the Mathematical Sciences (SCREMS) NSF SCREMS January 25 2007 5:00 pm At Most $ 1,000,000.00 available http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07502/nsf07502.htm NSF Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service NSF SFS January 29 2007 5:00 pm A Portion Of $ 5,700,000.00 available http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07512/nsf07512.htm ** No-cost National Science Foundation Workshop at Tulane University on Thursday, Jan. 26. Please register to attend and learn more about submitting proposals to NSF! ** Contact info for grant questions: Carrie Brinkley, 146H LBTC "A" or visit http://www.cct.lsu.edu/about/grants/ * If you have any news for the CCT Weekly, please send it to cctweekly@cct.lsu.edu *
Last Call for Google Participants! This Friday, Jan. 26, is the deadline to register for the Google Internship/Job Recruitment Event on Wednesday, Jan. 31. Students can register online at http://appl003.lsu.edu/slas/career/careerweb.nsf/index. Google, recently voted the #1 company in America to work for by �Fortune� magazine, will send representatives to campus Jan. 31 from 5-8 p.m. in Dodson Auditorium to provide students with instructions on how to apply for job and internship openings. So far, 217 students have registered, and there are 350 slots available. The event is open to ISDS, engineering and computer science majors first; however, if the Jan. 26 deadline passes and slots remain unfilled, students from other majors will be allowed to attend. For more information, please contact CCT Development Director Melissa Stafford at 578-5433, or mstafford@cct.lsu.edu. CCT in the News AREON opens door to global classroom 1-18-2007/The Traveler The UA launched itself further into the 21st century Tuesday afternoon, as students in six classrooms around the nation and the world were taught simultaneously via computer and high-definition television. http://media.www.thetraveleronline.com/media/storage/paper688/news/2007/01/18/News/Areon.Opens.Door.To.Global.Classroom-2651912.shtml?sourcedomain=www.thetraveleronline.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com Please Note: � The Louisiana Technology Council is holding its annual membership meeting Thursday, Jan. 25 at 5:30 p.m. in Metairie. If anyone is interested in attending to explore the possible connections CCT could gain with membership in the Council, please contact CCT Development Specialist Melissa Stafford at mstafford@cct.lsu.edu or (225) 578-5433. � There will be a free, two-day, high-performance computing training course offered on Thursday, Jan. 25 and Friday, Jan. 26. Information, including a registration link, is available at: http://www.hpc.lsu.edu/training/index.php. � The National Science Foundation�s no-cost workshop at Tulane University is this Friday, Jan. 26. The workshop will give an overview of NSF, as well as tips for its proposal and merit review process. The workshop will be held from 7:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Jan. 26 at the Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life on the Tulane campus, in Room 213, the Kendall Cram Lecture Hall. � There will be a �How to Write a Grant Proposal Workshop� on Friday, Feb. 2 from 9 a.m. to noon at Hill Memorial Library Researchers, support staff and students at the beginning stages of developing a funded research program are encouraged to attend this workshop. For more information or to register, visit www.research.lsu.edu/events.html � The Louisiana Academy of Sciences will host its annual meeting on Friday, March 16, at Southern University. Faculty, staff and students are welcome to attend. The deadline for pre-registration and abstract submissions is Friday, Feb. 16. Visit www.laacademy.org for more information on the meeting and to see for which tracks abstracts are being accepted. Upcoming Grant Deadlines: NSF CISE Pathways to Revitalized Undergraduate Computing Education (CPATH) NSF CPATH January 23 2007 5:00 pm At Most $ 6,000,000.00 available http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06608/nsf06608.htm NSF Human and Social Dynamics: Competition for FY 2007 (Exploratory Research and HSD Research Community Development) NSF HSD January 23 2007 5:00 pm At Least $ 125,000.00 available http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06604/nsf06604.htm NSF Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) NSF MRI January 25 2007 5:00 pm At Most $ 2,000,000.00 available http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05515/nsf05515.htm Scientific Computing Research Environments for the Mathematical Sciences (SCREMS) NSF SCREMS January 25 2007 5:00 pm At Most $ 1,000,000.00 available http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07502/nsf07502.htm NSF Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service NSF SFS January 29 2007 5:00 pm A Portion Of $ 5,700,000.00 available http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07512/nsf07512.htm ** No-cost National Science Foundation Workshop at Tulane University on Thursday, Jan. 26. Please register to attend and learn more about submitting proposals to NSF! ** Contact info for grant questions: Carrie Brinkley, 146H LBTC "A" or visit http://www.cct.lsu.edu/about/grants/ * If you have any news for the CCT Weekly, please send it to cctweekly@cct.lsu.edu *
Publish Date:
01-23-2007
