Global Ring Network for Advanced Applications Development

Project: MGrid

Description: The MGRID initiative is intended to create a cooperative center of faculty and staff from participating units, with a central core of technical staff, led by a nationally recognized leader in grid computing. The goal of the MGRID initiative is to position the University of Michigan to be a leader in grid computing and to enable researchers at the University of Michigan to take advantage of the new capabilities offered by grid computing

Participants: University of Michigan, NPACI, the Visible Human Project, ATLAS, CompeHensive collaborativE Framework (CHEF), NEESgrid, DOE Advanced Scientific Computation Initiative (ASCI), NSF Middleware Initiative

Sponsors: UM College of Engineering, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, the School of Information, by the Michigan Center for Bioinformatics, by the Office of the Vice President for Research, the Mental Health Research Institute, and the Office of the Provost

Countries Involved: US

Tools: GT2, NMI, GT3 (planned)

Contact: mgrid@umich.edu