Researchers at the University of Arkansas and other colleges have received a $3.3 Million grant from the NSF, via more ARRA funds, called the “CI-TRAIN”, or Cyberinfrastructure for Transformational Scientific Discovery in Arkansas and West Virginia (yeah, the acronym and the words don’t match up.. guess that wasn’t a requirement for the grant proposal).
From a research perspective, the overall goal of the project is to create a nationally competitive environment for computation and visualization – techniques for creating images, diagrams and animations of scientific concepts and processes – and to develop both hardware and software to create and capture data that will enable a broad range of research in science and engineering.
It does involve procurement of one large cluster, to be at Arkansas, as well. Just like yesterday’s announcement, glad to see money invested in Cyberinfrastructure and Vis, but not so sure it’s the best use of ARRA funds.
via State Researchers Receive $3.3M Stimulus Grant for Cyberinfrastructure – ArkansasBusiness.com.
