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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY /
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Special Features:
IBM, UNIVERSITY OF OREGON BUILD
'ICONIC GRID'
The University of Oregon, Electrical Geodesics Inc (EGI) and IBM announced
a
new project that uses Grid computing, Linux and IBM supercomputer technology
to speed and improve the diagnosis of brain conditions, including Epilepsy,
stroke and depression.
In 2003, Researchers at the University of Oregon Neuroinformatics Center
received a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to build an
advanced Grid computing infrastructure to apply high-performance computing to
diagnosing and treating brain-related conditions.
Earlier this year, the university completed the ICONIC Grid installation
(Integrated Cognitive Neuroscience,Informatics and Computation) which features
IBM eServer p690, eServer p655 servers and IBM Bladecenter J20 servers running
Linux, WebSphere Application Server and the open source Globus Toolkit.
The ICONIC Grid allows more rapid diagnosis of brain conditions by
harnessing
the collective processing power of the school's computing systems. In
addition, the Grid offers the ability to better respond to temporary spikes in
demand for computing horsepower and helps university researchers gain better
access to and control over the large volume of data generated during its
diagnostic imaging work.
EGI is a private medical device and imaging provider based in the
Riverfront
Research Park adjacent to the University of Oregon campus. EGI is working with
the Neuroinformatics Center to further study the commercial possibilities for
using Grid and Linux-based systems to speed and improve brain wave monitoring
at hospitals and research centers.
"With the multiple architectures provided by IBM's products, we can conduct
research on ways of optimizing the medical informatics demands for high
performance computing," said Neuroinformatics Center Director Allen Malony.
"At the same time, we can evaluate all of these architectures running the
Linux operating system, simplifying our system administration and improving
our reliability."
"Grid computing technology from IBM will play an important role in helping
EGI
provide doctors and researchers with on demand access to critical patient
data," said Donald Tucker, CEO of Electrical Geodesics Inc. "We believe Grid
computing not only brings performance capacity, but allows the patient
security and accountability required for critical medical applications."
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