Switzerland
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| NGI Full Name: | Swiss National Grid Association |
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| Acronym: | SwiNG |
| URL: | http://www.swing-grid.ch |
The Swiss National Grid Association (SwiNG) acts as the Swiss NGI. It was created in 2007 and consists of almost all Swiss academic and major research institutions.
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[edit] Objectives
The main objectives of SwiNG are as follows:
- Ensure competitiveness of Swiss science, education and industry by creating value through resource sharing.
- Establish and coordinate a sustainable Swiss Grid infrastructure, which is a dynamic network of resources across different locations and administrative domains.
- Provide a platform for interdisciplinary collaboration to leverage the Swiss Grid activities, supporting end-users, researchers, industry, education centers, resource providers.
- Represent the interests of the national Grid community towards other national and international bodies.
[edit] Organisational Form
SwiNG is a registered association which consists of the following bodies:
- Assembly with its representatives from each member institution
- Scientific Council with its Working Groups
- Executive Board
An overview of the internal organisation can be found in the following figure:
[edit] EGI Functions: Current Rating
[edit] Functions proposed in survey of late 2006
| Coordination of infrastructure operations | Not Important |
| Testing, certification and validation service including middleware | No Opinion |
| Managed resource centers to provide initial resources for new user communities | Quite Important |
| Coordination of user and application support | Quite Important |
| Coordination of dissemination and training efforts | Quite Important |
| Representation of European Grid efforts on standards bodies | No Opinion |
| Representation of European Grid efforts with similar bodies from other continents | Very Important |
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[edit] Other EGI Functions
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