Case studies
The grid computing resources provided by the EGI federation are used by scientists and researchers across Europe and beyond. Here are some examples of how grid computing is helping their work.
Natural sciences
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How fast could a T-rex run? And, more importantly, was it fast enough to catch you? Grid computing is helping palaeontologists to understand better how dinosaurs moved around and what roles they played in their ancient world.
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Modelling earthquakes in Thessaloniki. Predicting earthquakes is impossible, but grid computing helps to anticipate their effects.
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Protecting Portugal's Aveiro Lagoon. How grid computing allows for a better management of coastal resources.
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Cracking Goldbach's Conjecture. How grid computing is helping mathematicians to tackle a 200-year old puzzle.
Physical sciences
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Are comets born in asteroid collisions? How grid computing helps astronomers to explain the origins of main-belt comets.
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Climate change and ozone. How grid computing is helping scientists to predict how ozone concentrations will change in a changing climate
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B-physics on the grid – a view from the frontline. Serena Oggero explains how grid computing is helping in her PhD research.
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Big science needs big computing: the WLCG. The worldwide LHC computing grid (WLCG) is a global collaboration linking grid infrastructures and computer centres around the world and a suitable computing solution to provide the power to analyse the LHC data and the space to store it.
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A gem of a user. Neasan O'Neill finds how Ernesto Garcia is putting the grid to good use in his Chemistry research.
Medical and health sciences
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The mystery of gene regulatory networks. Alina Frolova explains why gene regulatory networks are important for our understanding of life, and the added value of grid computing in her research.
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Designing better antibiotics. How grid computing is helping to develop antibiotics with less side effects but equally powerful against fungi.
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Hunting for new types of viruses. Respiratory infections such as croup are a major child health problem, but many are caused by still unknown viruses.
Engineering and technology
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How current flows in organic semiconductors. Grid computing is helping material scientists to understand how electric charges are transmitted through organic materials.
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The LizzaPAKP grid-enabled application is helping city planners to manage drinking water supplies around Belgrade, Serbia.
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Cheaper biodegradable plastics. How grid computing is helping scientists to design cheaper and greener plastics for everyday use
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Predicting the risk of dam failure. How grid computing helps to predict the effects of a toxic spill in a tailing dam.
Agricultural sciences
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Understanding animal genes with the GridQTL application. The GridQTL application provides fast and robust analysis of areas of the genome related to important traits. Running this application on the grid reduced analysis time by a factor of 150. GridQTL is used to investigate a wide range of inherited traits in domesticated animals.
