National Collaboratory to Advance the Science of High-Temperature Plasma Physics for Magnetic Fusion

A SciDAC Program Project

The National Collaboratory to Advance the Science of High-Temperature Plasma Physics for Magnetic Fusion, or, the 'National Fusion Grid' will create and deploy collaborative software tools throughout the magnetic fusion research community comprised of over one thousand researchers from over forty institutions. To accomplish the goals of this project, fusion scientists with expertise in large experiments and simulation code development have joined computer scientists with expertise in security, distributed computing, and visualization to form a closely coordinated team.

The goal of the National Fusion Grid is to advance scientific understanding and innovation in magnetic fusion research by enabling more efficient use of existing experimental facilities and more effective integration of experiment, theory and modeling through the creation and deployment of collaborative software tools.

The objectives of this project are

• Enable more efficient use of existing experimental facilities, through powerful between pulse data analysis
• Allow more transparent access to analysis and simulation codes, data, and visualization tools
• Enable more effective integration of experiment, theory, and modeling
• Facilitate multi–institution collaborations
• Create a standard tool set for remote data access, security, and visualization

For more info, see:

• Project website: National Fusion Grid
• 2-Page Summary, March 2004 (PDF)
• 2-Page Summary, March 2003 (PDF)
• 4-Slide Presentation, March 2003 (PowerPoint Presentation)
• Executive Summary: National Fusion Grid (PDF)