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Type of site | Scientific support |
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| Available in | English |
| URL | cyverse |
| Commercial | No |
| Launched | 2008 |
The iPlant Collaborative, renamed Cyverse in 2017, is a virtual organization created by a cooperative agreement funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) to create cyberinfrastructure for the plant sciences (botany).[1] The NSF compared cyberinfrastructure to physical infrastructure, "... the distributed computer, information and communication technologies combined with the personnel and integrating components that provide a long-term platform to empower the modern scientific research endeavor".[2] In September 2013 it was announced that the National Science Foundation had renewed iPlant's funding for a second 5-year term with an expansion of scope to all non-human life science research.[3]
The project develops computing systems and software that combine computing resources, like those of TeraGrid, and bioinformatics and computational biology software. Its goal is easier collaboration among researchers with improved data access and processing efficiency. Primarily centered in the United States, it collaborates internationally.
- ^ "PSCIC Full Proposal: The iPlant Collaborative: A Cyberinfrastructure-Centered Community for a New Plant Biology". Award Abstract #0735191. National Science Foundation. August 22, 2011. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
- ^ Revolutionizing Science and Engineering Through Cyberinfrastructure: Report of the National Science Foundation Blue-Ribbon Advisory Panel on Cyberinfrastructure. National Science Foundation. January 15, 2003. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
- ^ Renewal announcement on iPlant news website http://news.iplantcollaborative.org/?p=212. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
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