Second UKHEC Annual Seminar Abstract

TeraGrid Computing

In the U.S. the National Science Foundation has announced plans to support a Distributed Terascale Facility (DTF) jointly managed by the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). Mike Vildibill, Deputy Director of SDSC, will present a general overview of the DTF project plan and will discuss motivations for some of the design decisions in addition to discussing anticipated challenges associated with deploying a national Grid infrastructure.