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Press Release 08-054
NSF Advances TeraGrid Computing Capacity with $65 Million Grant to Build Kraken
April 3, 2008
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $65 million grant to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) to develop Kraken, a state of the art supercomputer. Kraken will enhance the computational power of the TeraGrid, the world's largest, most powerful and comprehensive distributed cyberinfrastructure for open scientific research. "Like the gargantuan sea monsters Kraken, which inspired the naming of this supercomputer, the possibilities in scientific and engineering advances it enables are enormous, limited only by the confines of human imagination and vision beyond the frontiers of science," said NSF Director Arden L. Bement in a taped message that was played today at a luncheon in Knoxville. Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen, UTK President John Petersen, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Director Thom Mason, and NSF's Office of Cyberinfrastructure Director Daniel Atkins attended the announcement ceremony. "This $65 million NSF grant is not only the largest ever received by University of Tennessee, Knoxville; it is the largest research grant ever received by any university in the entire state of Tennessee," Bement said. "It enables an exciting new partnership between the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy through its Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the University of Tennessee and various partnering universities." Watch the video of NSF Director Arden L. Bement's message. Visit the site with online media resources about Kraken.
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Media Contacts
Lisa-Joy Zgorski, NSF (703) 292-8311 lisajoy@nsf.gov
Gina Stafford, University of Tennessee 865-974-0741 stafford@tennessee.edu
Program Contacts
Stephen Meacham, NSF (703) 292-8970 smeacham@nsf.gov
Related Websites
Video greeting from NSF Director Arden L. Bement: /news/longurl.cfm?id=49
Remarks by OCI Director Daniel Atkins: /news/newsmedia/atkins_111367_040308.pdf
University of Tennessee Online Media Kit: http://prcomm107v.psur.utk.edu/system/system/news/nsf/
For general information on the TeraGrid: http://www.teragrid.org/index.php
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