New Chicago-Indiana computer network prepared to handle massive data flow

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Robert Gardner Senior Research Associate in the University of Chicagos Computation Institute stands in the blue glow of stacks of computer servers that are part of the MidWest Tier-2 Center a joint effort with Indiana University. The Chicago-Indiana ...
Robert Gardner, Senior Research Associate in the University of Chicago’s Computation Institute, stands in the blue glow of stacks of computer servers that are part of the MidWest Tier-2 Center, a joint effort with Indiana University. The Chicago-Indiana Tier-2 Center was created to help handle data flowing from the largest scientific experiment ever built, at CERN, the European particle physics laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland. Photo by Dan Dry

Massive quantities of data will soon begin flowing from the largest scientific instrument ever built into an international network of computer centers, including one operated jointly by the University of Chicago and Indiana University. The first phase of the Chicago-Indiana center, formally known as the MidWest Tier 2 Center, is now up and running, crunching test data in preparation for the real thing.


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