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=Description of Work= | |||
Originally, Astronomy and Astrophysics (A&A) institutes usually acquired the | |||
necessary resources on local computing facilities and quite often also contracted the | |||
access to a pool of resources at supercomputing centres. However, some A&A | |||
applications grew in complexity and were considered very suitable to be run on grid | |||
infrastructures. At the moment the A&A HUC is devoted to the evaluation of different | |||
solutions for the gridification of a rich variety of applications. In particular the work is | |||
focused on: | |||
* Visualization tools: VisIVO (http://visivo.oact.inaf.it/index.php) for the visualization of data collected by different A&A projects | |||
* Databases and catalogues: Currently the HUC is evaluating the possibility of adopting and tailoring different tools already in production (e.g. AMGA, GRelC, etc.). | |||
* Parametric applications: Use DIANE (see Section 6.2) to study parametric space applications. | |||
Additionally, one of the main goals is the accomplishment of a good level of | |||
interactivity among different technologies related to supercomputing, i.e. High | |||
Performance Computing and High Throughput Computing, Grid and Cloud. | |||
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Latest revision as of 16:01, 19 December 2012
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Description of Work
Originally, Astronomy and Astrophysics (A&A) institutes usually acquired the necessary resources on local computing facilities and quite often also contracted the access to a pool of resources at supercomputing centres. However, some A&A applications grew in complexity and were considered very suitable to be run on grid infrastructures. At the moment the A&A HUC is devoted to the evaluation of different solutions for the gridification of a rich variety of applications. In particular the work is focused on:
- Visualization tools: VisIVO (http://visivo.oact.inaf.it/index.php) for the visualization of data collected by different A&A projects
- Databases and catalogues: Currently the HUC is evaluating the possibility of adopting and tailoring different tools already in production (e.g. AMGA, GRelC, etc.).
- Parametric applications: Use DIANE (see Section 6.2) to study parametric space applications.
Additionally, one of the main goals is the accomplishment of a good level of interactivity among different technologies related to supercomputing, i.e. High Performance Computing and High Throughput Computing, Grid and Cloud.