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The TeraGrid, the National Science Foundation's evolving program of cyberinfrastructure for U.S. science and education, held its third annual conference June 9-13 in Las Vegas. Observing three years of TeraGrid full-production operation, TG08 opened with a presentation from Dan Reed, one of the people most instrumental in TeraGrid's 2001 genesis as NSF's flagship cyberinfrastructure

After looking back to TeraGrid's origins, Reed focused on the future. "What can we learn from the TeraGrid experience, technically and politically? Where is the technology going and what are the research implications?" He referred to a recent special issue of Nature that explores the state of science in 2020, noting that science in the 21st century is inextricable from computing.

Quoting from the study, "From sequencing genomes to monitoring the Earth's climate, many recent scientific advances would not have been possible without a parallel increase in computing power -- and with revolutionary technologies such as the quantum computer edging towards reality, what will the relationship between computing and science bring us over the next 15 years?"

Source: http://www.hpcwire.com/features/From_TeraGrid_to_Clouds_Reed_Opens_TeraGrid_08.html