Project Objectives

To supply functional centers with a wide area virtual organization system, based on the coordinated and reliable sharing of
- Computing resources and acquisition instruments
- Innovative numerical applications
To adopt the paradigm of a distributed information system made up of
- Data acquisition devices
- Data Banks
- Simulation software, data management and visualization
To provide a uniform, transparent, easy but protected access to all available resources

Aim of This Research

To study a Grid infrastructure and test a resource brokerage system for the allocation of data and computational services within a virtual organization
- Large scale resource sharing running environmental applications accessible via WEB services
- Simulation software
- Visualization instruments and data analysis
- Data acquisition systems
To provide an integrated solution to the environmental problem in terms of monitoring, management and planning for a sustainable ecosystem
To elaborate, in field of environmental sciences, business strategies in a commercial model based on virtual organizations across enterprise boundaries
- Sales of Grid portals and computing services
- Consultancy and applications development

Transformation of numerical applications into Grid services
- Simulation software, analysis and evaluation instruments, and decision support systems accessible to a users community ready to share data and resources
Strong integration of expertise from different disciplines
- Environmental Sciences
- Applied mathematics
- Numerical simulation
- Emerging data Grid and Grid computing technology
Promote processes of knowledge diffusion/sharing/creation and a broad collaboration among the organizations responsible for the environmental protection