SCI: TeraGrid Resource Partners

该提案要求提供资金，以建立德克萨斯高级计算中心（TACC）作为可扩展太cale设施（也称为ETF或TeraGrid）的资源提供者（RP）的参与。ETF是一个集成的异构计算-通信-信息系统，旨在为国家科学和工程社区提供无与伦比的访问安全的最先进的网络基础设施资源和服务。ETF无缝集成了开放科学社区可用的最高端计算资源，包括TACC强大而创新的系统、复杂的科学仪器和多样化的数据收集，并使用软件工具和服务使其能够有效使用。在大型综合网络基础设施项目中，ETF率先将最先进的软件服务与自主开放的国家计算中心和大学的政策和程序相结合。随着ETF进入5年运营阶段，其合作机构将寻求：提供方便、可靠、安全、持久的计算、数据存储、数据收集和实时仪器功能；支持用户优先级，包括新的软件服务，如协同调度、元调度、参数扫描工具和高级数据管理和处理；实施和支持科学门户服务，让全国更多的科学家和工程师参与计算机研究和教育。与TACC一起工作的还有其他八个ETF合作组织：阿贡国家实验室、印第安纳大学、国家超级计算应用中心（NCSA）、橡树岭国家实验室、匹兹堡超级计算中心（PSC）、普渡大学和圣地亚哥超级计算机中心（SDSC）。

The proposal requests funding to establish the participation of the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) as a Resource Provider (RP) in the Extensible Terascale Facility, also referred to as the ETF or the TeraGrid. ETF is an integrated heterogeneous computing-communication-information system designed to provide the national science and engineering community with unparalleled access to secure state-of-the-art cyberinfrastructure resources and services. ETF seamlessly integrates the highest-end computing resources available to the open science community, including powerful and innovative systems at TACC, sophisticated scientific instruments, and diverse data collections, using software tools and services that enable their effective use.Among large-scale comprehensive cyberinfrastructure projects, ETF pioneers the integration of state-of-the-art software services with the policies and procedures of autonomous open national computing centers and universities. As ETF moves into its five-year operations phase, its partner institutions will seek to: deliver the promise of convenient, reliable, secure, persistent computing, data storage, data collection, and real-time instrument capabilities;support user priorities that include new software services such as co-scheduling, meta-scheduling, parameter sweep tools, and advanced data management and handling; andimplement and support science gateway services that engage a much larger number of the nation's scientists and engineers in computing-enabled research and education.Working alongside TACC are eight other ETF partner organizations: Argonne National Laboratory, Indiana University, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC), Purdue University, and the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC).