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The Cyberinfrastructure Backplane: The Jump to Light Speed
The second issue of Cyberinfrastructure Technology Watch Quarterly is now available. In “The Cyberinfrastructure Backplane: The Jump to Light Speed,” guest editors Larry Smarr of Calit2 and Phil Papadopoulos of the San Diego Supercomputer Center have assembled a collection of insightful articles that focus on the current state of large, operational research networks for the scientific and engineering community. With contributions from some of the most respected and widely known leaders in the field, this issue is designed provide an engaging look at what is being accomplished with fast optical networks today and where high performance network infrastructure will be going tomorrow. Cyberinfrastructure Technology Watch (CTWatch) is a product of The Cyberinfrastructure Partnership (CIP), a joint, NSF-funded effort of the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). CTWatch is an online source of news, analysis, and commentary that aims to keep the national science and engineering research communities informed on, and involved in, the latest developments in shared cyberinfrastructure. Developed at the Innovative Computing Laboratory (ICL) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, CTWatch is under the leadership of ICL Director Jack Dongarra. Visit www.ctwatch.org/quarterly to get your own, print quality copy of issue two of CTWatch Quarterly. A companion blog, designed as a community forum for breaking news, provocative ideas and interactive discussion is available at www.ctwatch.org/blog.