Announcement - Science and Innovation, 25-29 August, Veli Lošinj, Croatia

Announcement - Science and Innovation, 25-29 August, Veli Lošinj, Croatia

August 25-29 will be the date for Grid Computing: A new tool for Science and Innovation (http://users.ictp.it/~ecsac09/), to be held in Veli Lošinj, Croatia.

The conference will consist of a set of invited talks covering diverse scientific areas and the connection between scientific advance and access to massive computing resources. Topics include High High-Energy Physics, Climate and Meteorology, Nuclear Fusion, Astrophysics and Biology.

The conference will accept about 30 applications for attending and participating in a tutorial/hands-on session, in which real-life examples of application porting will be provided.

Designed for young scientists and students, there is no conference fee. Fellowships will be available to support selected participants for the expenses of travel and accommodations. Applications and further information on scholarships will be available from the conference web site (http://users.ictp.it/~ecsac09/) as of 10 June.

A sampling of the areas that the conference will cover includes:

    * Recent advances in grid computing in science, High Energy Physics, Biomedical applications, Nuclear Fusion, Meteorology and Climatology

    * New applications of grid computing

    * Large high-performance computing infrastructures for science and innovation.

    * The status and the perspective of the available infrastructures for grid computing.

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