CRESCO (Centro
Computazionale di RicErca sui Sistemi Complessi,
Computational Research Center for Complex Systems) is an ENEA Project,
co-funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR)
which will be completed at the end of 2008.
The CRESCO project, located in the
The computing platform, with an estimated 10
Teraflops, will constitute the major node of the ENEA GRID computing facility
which links HPC platforms located in the different ENEA Research Centers
throughout
The CRESCO project will be functionally built
around the HPC platform, through the creation of a number of scientific
thematic laboratories:
(1)
the
Computing Science Laboratory, hosting activities on HW and SW design, GRID
technology, which will also integrate the HPC platform management;
(2)
the
Computational Systems Biology Laboratory, hosting the activities in the Life
Science domain, with activities ranging from the “post-omic” sciences
(genomics, interactomics, metabolomics) to Systems Biology;
(3)
the
Complex Networks Systems Laboratory, hosting activities on complex
technological infrastructures, for the analysis of Large National Critical
Infrastructures in collaboration with the owners/operators.
A major ambition of the multi-discipline CRESCO
project is to allow an inter-disciplinary flow of methods and ideas. A major
focus will be given to the study of bio-mimetic strategies for the analysis and
the control of complex technological infrastructures.
The project is open to collaboration with
others organizations involved in similar programs.
Details about CRESCO’s activities can be
obtained through the following contact persons: