Grant will boost UW-Madison computing network

Faced with a demand for research computing infrastructure that meets the growing needs of compute and data-intensive research, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is using a $500,000 Federal grant to experiment with advanced frameworks and technologies that will enable researchers to move large amounts of data to and from the campus. The Campus Cyberinfrastructure - Network Infrastructure and Engineering (CC-NIE) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will enable the university to add a "Science DMZ" capability to the UW-Madison Advanced Computing Infrastructure (ACI). New networking and storage capabilities will provide the campus with capabilities that support high-volume bulk data transfer, remote experiment control and data visualization. For many years, campus researchers have collaborated in unique ways to overcome these obstacles and obtain the computing resources they need. UW-Madison is a national model for organizing its cyberinfrastructure - from hardware and software to the talents of individuals and groups - to meet the needs of researchers. A leader in this effort is the Center for High Throughput Computing (CHTC), directed by UW-Madison Computer Sciences Professor Miron Livny, one of the co-principal investigators for CC-NIE project. CHTC aggregates computing cycles from across campus and beyond to match researchers' needs with available resources.