Welcome to the Global Factoids section of GridGuide. Here you can browse through quirky factoids about the different institutions on the GridGuide website. Simply click to view a complete factoid.


GridGuide : $2.5 million gift for computing research ()

$2.5 million gift for computing research (Clemson University)
In 2008, the C. Tycho Howle family made a gift of $2.5 million to Clemson University to establish two endowed chairs that will benefit computing research.C. Tycho Howle is founder, chairman and CEO[...]
 
GridGuide : 10 gigabit Asia-Europe connection ()

10 gigabit Asia-Europe connection (Academia Sinica Grid Computing)
The first 10 gigabit network link between Asia and Europe has been operational since July 2007, built by Academia Sinica Grid Computing Center in Taiwan. ASGC is also responsible for the Asia[...]
 
GridGuide : About our logo ()

About our logo (University Putra Malaysia)
The university logo is depicted in the shape of a shield, with lines and an abstract water droplet within the shield. The main colours of the logo are red and grey. Each aspect of the logo carries[...]
 
GridGuide : Academia Istropolitana ()

Academia Istropolitana (Institute of Informatics SAS)
The oldest university in the territory of present-day Slovakia, founded by King Mathias Corvinus in 1465. After his death, the university ceased to exist in 1490.One of the European pedagogues who[...]
 
GridGuide : Did CERN really invent the Web? ()

Did CERN really invent the Web? (CERN)
Tim Berners-Lee, a scientist at CERN, invented the World Wide Web in 1990. The Web was originally developed to help scientists share information between different universities and institutes all over[...]
 
GridGuide : Diversity ()

Diversity (TUBITAK ULAKBIM)
More than 1,500 researchers work in the 15 different research institutes of TÜBITAK, where contract research as well as targeted and nation-wide research is conducted.
 
GridGuide : Famous Alumni ()

Famous Alumni (Queen Mary, University of London)
Queen Mary has been an institute of higher education for a few centuries and in that time has had many people pass through her doors including some well known faces. Notable alumni of the[...]
 
GridGuide : Famous Alumni ()

Famous Alumni (University Of Glasgow)
With the university being over 500 years old it has seen some very notable people pass through its doors both as students and staff.These include:William Thomson, Lord Kelvin; a pre-eminent scientist[...]
 
GridGuide : Health-e-Child wins best exhibit! ()

Health-e-Child wins best exhibit! (HealthGrid)
Health-e-Child recently won the "Best Exhibit Award" at the biggest European conference of the year on Information and Communication Technologies: ICT2008  More than 4500 delegates attended over[...]
 
GridGuide : Historical Graveyard ()

Historical Graveyard (Queen Mary, University of London)
Now disused, the Velho (Old) Sephardi Cemetery, was opened in 1652 and closed in 1742.  It was the first Jewish cemetery to be opened following the readmission of Jews to England by Oliver[...]
 
GridGuide : History ()

History (University Of Glasgow)
The University of Glasgow was founded in 1451 by a charter (papal bull) issued by Pope Nicholas V . This makes it one of the UK's “Ancient Universities” and the fourth oldest university in the[...]
 
GridGuide : IISAS ()

IISAS (Institute of Informatics SAS)
The Institute originated from the Laboratory of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (1956) which transformed into the Institute of Technical Cybernetics (1966) and Institute of Computer Systems[...]
 
GridGuide : Innovative Architecture ()

Innovative Architecture (Queen Mary, University of London)
Marking the university's eastern edge is Regent's canal. In operation since 1820 it is no longer the vital industrial artery it once was. However the lock keeper's cottage for Mile End lock is on[...]
 
GridGuide : Is CERN Swiss or French? ()

Is CERN Swiss or French? (CERN)
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, sits astride the Franco–Swiss border near Geneva, Switzerland. CERN is not an isolated laboratory, but rather a focus for an extensive[...]
 
GridGuide : Kasetsart is Green ()

Kasetsart is Green (Kasetsart University)
Kasetsart University (KU)  was established as an argricultural school. Hence, KU has one of the largest and greenest campus in Bangkok. KU color is also green which is the color of agricultural.[...]
 
GridGuide : maat Gknowledge: The new Technology Architecture for Cloud Computing ()

maat Gknowledge: The new Technology Architecture for Cloud Computing (Maat-G)
Since its constitution in 2005, maat Gknowledge has constituted an international reference in the development and deployment of Network Service Infrastructures and Platforms for Businesses,[...]
 
GridGuide : NDGF vs NorduGrid ()

NDGF vs NorduGrid (NDGF office)
NDGF vs NorduGridMany confuse NDGF and NorduGrid - which is not surprising, especially since in its second phase NDGF was proposed to assume the name "NorduGrid". It was however decided to[...]
 
GridGuide : NIHAM GRID History ()

NIHAM GRID History (National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering)
In this timeline you can follow the development of the NIHAM GRID cluster to 2007 (click on a picture to enlarge). Details on the present day status are available on the Images page as well as[...]
 
GridGuide : The Tsar's offer under Russian rule ()

The Tsar's offer under Russian rule (University of Latvia)
Under Russian rule in the 18th and 19th centuries, the Tsar's offer to establish a university in Latvia was repeatedly rejected by the rulers in Riga, who feared that such an institution could become[...]
 
GridGuide : TUKITAK Astronomy Festival ()

TUKITAK Astronomy Festival (TUBITAK ULAKBIM)
TÜBITAK’s Science and Technology and Science for Children magazines have been running an astronomy festival for amateur astronomers every year since 1998. The only requirement for participation[...]
 
GridGuide : What does CERN stand for? ()

What does CERN stand for? (CERN)
CERN is the acronym for the French Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire, or European Council for Nuclear Research, a provisional body founded in 1952 to establish a world-class fundamental[...]
 
GridGuide : What is the LHC? ()

What is the LHC? (CERN)
CERN is home the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s largerst scientific instrument. The LHC spans the border between Switzerland and France about 100 m underground. It is a particle[...]