The Buffalo cluster is also earmarked for something even bigger. It will form a key part of a statewide effort to harness compute power across a range of different institutions. The University, in conjunction with SUNY Geneseo, Niagara University, Canisius College, and the Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute has already developed a grid in western New York state, he says.
However, Buffalo is working with a number of institutions in other parts of the Empire state to expand this effort, including Columbia University, SUNY Binghamton, and SUNY Albany. Miller believes the new cluster will help entice even more organizations into the project. Its more powerful than anything else thats sitting on the grid right now, he says. It will be a great attraction.
Miller promises the grid will be open to a broad range of users. I expect that over the next two to three years we will be adding non-profit institutions such as colleges, universities, and research institutions at a fairly rapid rate, he says. This could also include high schools, he adds.
Like the grid in the western part of the state, the broader New York effort is accessed via the Internet, according to Miller. Users can then tap into the grids resources via a number of programs and applications, he adds.
Miller believes the statewide grid will prove particularly popular for research in biomedicine, engineering, and social sciences. But he is unable to predict its ultimate size. It will never be complete, he says. As with any grid it will always be in an evolving state.
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