The comprehensive infrastructure needed to capitalize
on dramatic advances in information technology has been
termed cyberinfrastructure. Cyberinfrastructure
integrates hardware for computing, data and networks,
digitally-enabled sensors, observatories and experimental
facilities, and an interoperable suite of software and
middleware services and tools. Investments in interdisciplinary teams and cyberinfrastructure professionals with expertise in
algorithm development, system operations, and
applications development are also essential to exploit
the full power of cyberinfrastructure to create,
disseminate, and preserve scientific data, information,
and knowledge.
–from NSF's Cyberinfrastructure Vision For 21st Century Discovery
In this context, the nanoHUB cyberinfrastructure
integrates middleware components (Condor,
VIOLIN) and links to compute and storage
resources on TeraGrid and the Open Science Grid
to offer the nanotechnology community a set of easy
to use services that enhances their research and
learning.
Learn more about quantum dots from the many resources on this site, listed below. More information on Cyberinfrastructure can be found here.