Scientific Research

Scientific Research

Scientific Research, and the so-call “Big Science” in particular has always been a key stakeholder for Research and Education network. Beingits more demanding and regular user community, it it often drives with its requirements the future evolution in ICTs and directly contributs to define and implement the services which will then be adopted by the wider scientific community and the society at large.

In fact, the “Big Science” is a heterogeneous collection of communities belonging to different disciplines, united by the common need of tackling complex scientific problems ndthrough the collection and the analysis of vast amounts of data.

High performances and access to vast computing and storage resources to manage Big Data

This community includes major research organizations such as INFN, ENEA, CNR, INGV, ASI and INAF, with about 100 sites, laboratories and facilities located in the four regions of Convergence which will benefit of the new infrastructure implemented by GARR-X Progress.

The “Big Data” paradigm, which consists in the collection, processing and preservation of vaster and vaster datasets and their sharing in widespread research groups (i.e. the so-called “virtual research communities”) on a global scale, to tackle scientific questions of unprecedented complexity, is quickly spreading across the community. This makes their network and ICT requirements especially demanding, as the cohesion of VRCs largely relies on the availability and dependability of an appropriate ICT environment:

 

 

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