EGI.eu has signed an agreement with the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Centre (PSNC) to integrate the QosCosGrid middleware stack into the European Grid Infrastructure (EGI). Based in Poznan, PSNC is responsible for the development and management of the national optical research network, high-performance computing and various e-Science services and applications in Poland. QosCosGrid will extend the current capabilities of the EGI e-infrastructure by providing mechanisms for advance reservation and co-allocation of heterogeneous resources. QosCosGrid also provides end-user interfaces, including command-line tools, desktop clients and portal science gateways. These functionalities are critical with respect to the MAPPER project, but they could also be beneficial for other communities.

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