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A second in a series! The following are exhibitor partner organizations responding to “How did your organization make supercomputing history?” survey as compiled by the 30th Anniversary team. Thanks to all our exhibitors for their participation/collaboration over the past three decades and special thanks to those who filled out the survey. Name of Individual or Organization: Cornell …
The term “metacomputing” was coined around 1987 by NCSA Director, Larry Smarr. But the genesis of metacomputing at NCSA took place years earlier, when the center was founded in 1986. Smarr’s goal was to provide the research community with a “Seamless Web” linking the user interface on the workstation and supercomputers. By 1988, NCSA’s vision …