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 | Related projectsSome collaborative experiments in grids are currently in progress in Brazil and abroad. Following is a list of important projects in this area. National System of High-Performance Processing – SinapadThis is an initiative of the Science and Technology Ministry aimed at providing high computing capability to the national system of teaching and research. It has seven units, known as National High Performance Processing Centers (Cenapads): the federal universities of Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, and Ceará, Campinas State University, the National Space Research Institute (INPE) and the National Laboratory of Scientific Computation (LNCC). The system is coordinated by the LNCC and interconnected by the National Network for Teaching and Research (RNP). HepGrid Brasil – HEPGBThis project is being developed by the High Energy Physics Laboratory of the Rio de Janeiro State Univeristy (UERJ), together with researchers from the Brazilian Center for Physics Studies of the UFRJ, and the federal universities of Bahia and Rio Grande do Sul and Cefet Technical School/RJ. These institutions and the Center for Computer Analysis Support (Sprace), installed at the University of São Paulo (USP) and coordinated by UNESP University, are involved in experiments both at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), in the Unites States and the European Center for Nuclear Research (Cern), based in Switzerland.. OurGridThis project is fruit of a partnership between the Campina Grande Federal University (UFCG) and HP Brasil. OurGrid is the only Brazilian initiative which is open to anyone interested in participating in the experiment. Currently several Brazilian institutions, such as Embrapa and PUC-RS, and international organizations (Unites States, Belgium and Italy) are part of the project. Groups have used OurGrid for use in molecular biology applications and rendering 3D graphics, among other things. TeraGridTeraGrid was created by the National Science Foundation and involves nine American institutions, including universities, and computer and research centers. The project has resources to store data of around 15 petabytes (15 million gigabytes) and is considered to be the largest cyberinfrastructure distributed for open scientific research to the world. Enabling Grids for E-science – EGEECreated by the European Commission, the project brings together scientists and engineers from more than 90 institutions in 32 countries to develop a grid infrastructure for e-Science, accessible to researchers 24 hours a day. It integrates scientific applications which range from high energy physics to computational chemistry. CLgridThis project is made up basically of Chilean universities interconnected by the Chilean academic network. Processing resources are shared and applications in the areas of transportation, telecommunications, energy planning and others are being developed.. UK-e-ScienceThis was created in England in 2001. Its participants have shared experiences in areas such as the enuironment, medicine and finance. National Research Grid Iniciative – NaregiThis project, begun in 2003, is maintained by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan. Government,academic and industrial organizations are involved in Naregi.. Pacific Rim Applications and Grid Middleware Assembly – PragmaPragma brings together countries on the Pacific Rim such as Japan, South Korea, Australia, China, Unites States and Mexico. The mission of this community is to establish sustained collaboration and advance in the use of grid technologies in joint applications between scientists and leading institutions in this area. |