What is NWICG?
The Northwest Indiana Computational Grid (NWICG) is a partnership consisting of
researchers and educators at Purdue University-Calumet (Calumet), the University of
Notre Dame, and Purdue University-West Lafayette (Purdue) that couples mutual
interests among the three campuses with national science and research initiatives,
builds a cyberinfrastructure that supports the solution of breakthrough level problems,
and enables continuing world-class advances in the underlying technologies of high
performance computing.
Our approach begins with building a scalable, high speed, high bandwidth, science
driven computational grid for Northwest Indiana across the three universities.
Available network, computational, storage, visualization, and data resources, as
well as specialized facilities, will be expanded, integrated, and shared among the
partnering institutions, thereby providing opportunities to energize and connect the
research communities, and to promote new scientific knowledge environments not
previously possible.
See some of what we're doing now:
Who is NWICG?
NWICG consists of
Purdue University-Calumet, the
University of Notre Dame, and
Purdue University-West Lafayette. NWICG is
currently operated under the Department of Energy's
National Nuclear Security Administration and
has worked through Argonne National Laboratory as
well. NWICG is proud to be an official partner grid with the
Open Science Grid (OSG), and both
NWICG and OSG are supporting the other's users at their sites.
Users on NWICG function in three tiers:
- NWICG-sponsored researchers
- NWICG campus users
- Open Science Grid (OSG) users
Access to computational resources is distributed as fairly as possible amongst users
at each level, with priority given to each tier above any lower tier users.
How do I use NWICG?
If you a researcher at one of the NWICG member campuses, we encourage you to
apply for support by submitting a research proposal. Failing that, if you are at
an NWICG member campus, you may submit jobs as a campus user. More information
about how to register as a user and submit jobs is available in our
User Guides. If you are not at any of the NWICG member
campuses, you may still be able to submit jobs under the
Open Science Grid (OSG).
All OSG and NWICG users are also able to submit jobs to most sites on OSG and vice
versa, so if a resource there would be better suited to your needs, you are welcome
to explore that option.
Other Questions?
Please contact us if you have any other questions. More details may be found on
our Contact Page.
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