Interactions News Wire
#33-05
28 April 2005
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Source:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Content: Press Release
Date Issued:
28 April
2005
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April
28, 2005
For immediate release
Science Grid This
Week Goes OnlineBatavia, IL—Today the U.S. science grid
community launched
Science Grid This Week, a weekly publication reporting
news and information about grid computing projects and collaborations from all
fields of science.
Science Grid This Week is an e-newsletter
written for non-scientists and members of the grid computing community, and is
available online and emailed free to subscribers. The newsletter includes
reports from conferences and workshops worldwide, news about grid initiatives,
education and outreach projects, and profiles of scientists and students working
daily on grid development and the science that benefits from it.
“Grids
are being used to connect people and projects, as collaborations pop up
worldwide to exploit new technologies,” says Director of the National Science
Foundation’s Division of Physics Joseph Dehmer in the first issue of the
newsletter, noting that grid computing has the potential to revolutionize
research and greatly affect scientific education.
Science Grid This
Week is jointly funded by the National Science Foundation and the Department
of Energy’s Office of Science, edited by Katie Yurkewicz and produced at Fermi
National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois. Yurkewicz communicates on
behalf of the U.S. science grid community, and welcomes submissions and ideas
for newsletter content.
In his commentary, Robin Staffin, Associate
Director for High Energy Physics in the Department of Energy’s Office of Science
welcomes
Science Grid This Week as a community-building initiative. “As
science projects in all fields become more complex and research extends to all
corners of the globe, worldwide grids supported by high-speed networks will be
necessary to ensure that scientists and students everywhere have access to the
best tools, data and programs.”
Read the first issue of
Science Grid
This Week and subscribe at
http://www.interactions.org/sgtw.
Media
Contact:
Katie Yurkewicz
katie@fnal.govPhone: +1 630 840 3351
Web
site:
http://www.interactions.org/sgtw