LHC Computing Grid
The LHC Computing Grid (LCG) or Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG) is the worldwide distributed computing and storage network for the experiments at the Large Hadron Collider .
Its purpose is to provide the scientists participating in the experiments with the computing and storage capacity they need to analyze the enormous amount of data that is collected at the accelerator's detectors .
In contrast to supercomputers or typical data centers for high-performance computing , the LCG is structured according to the paradigms of grid computing , i.e. in particular decentralized and not strictly homogeneous.
Participating organizations
Over 140 organizations worldwide take part in the LCG, mainly from the university and research sectors. The following list, sorted by region, tier level and name of the organization:
"France" region ( France )
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Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules (Tier-1 / France , Lyon )
- CGGVeritas (Tier-2 / France , Massy (Essonne) )
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European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (Tier-2 / France , Grenoble )
- Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines (Tier-2 / France , Lyon )
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Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules (Tier-2 / France , Lyon )
- Center de Physique des Particules de Marseille (Tier-2 /
- Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (Tier-2 / France , Lyon )
- Institut de Recherches Subatomiques (Tier-2 / France , Strasbourg )
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (Tier-2 / France , Annecy-le-Vieux )
- Laboratoire de l Accélérateur Linéaire (Tier-2 / France , Orsay )
- Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire de Clermont-Ferrand (Tier-2 / France , Clermont-Ferrand )
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (Tier-2 / France , Grenoble )
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et des Technologies Associees (Tier-2 / France , Nantes )
"GermanySwitzerland" region ( Germany , Switzerland )
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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Tier-1 / Germany , Karlsruhe )
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Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (Tier-2 / Germany , Freiburg im Breisgau )
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University of Wuppertal (Tier-2 / Germany , Wuppertal )
- German electron synchrotron
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Fraunhofer Society
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Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (Tier-2 / Germany , Sankt Augustin )
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Institute for Industrial Mathematics (Tier-2 / Germany , Kaiserslautern )
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Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (Tier-2 / Germany , Sankt Augustin )
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Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Tier-2 / Germany , Göttingen )
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GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research (Tier-2 / Germany , Darmstadt )
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Ludwig Maximilians University Munich in cooperation with the Leibniz Computing Center (Tier 2 / Germany , Munich )
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Max Planck Society
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Institute for Nuclear Physics (Tier-2 / Germany , Heidelberg )
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Institute for Physics in cooperation with the Max Planck Computing and Data Facility (MPCDF) (Tier-2 / Germany , Munich )
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Institute for Nuclear Physics (Tier-2 / Germany , Heidelberg )
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Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (Tier-2 / Germany , Aachen )
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Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (Tier-2 / Germany , Bonn )
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Technical University Dortmund (Tier-2 / Germany , Dortmund )
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University of Siegen (Tier-3 / Germany , Siegen )
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SWITCH (Tier-2 / Switzerland , Zurich )
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Swiss National Supercomputing Center (Tier-2 / Switzerland , Lugano )
"UKI" region ( United Kingdom , Ireland )
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GridPP
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Rutherford Appleton Laboratory of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (Tier-1 / United Kingdom , Didcot )
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London Tier2
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Brunel University (Tier-2 / United Kingdom , London )
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Imperial College London
- High Energy Physics Group (Tier-2 / United Kingdom , London )
- London e-Science Center (Tier-2 / United Kingdom , London )
- High Energy Physics Group (Tier-2 / United Kingdom , London )
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Queen Mary, University of London (Tier-2 / United Kingdom , London )
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Royal Holloway, University of London (Tier-2 / United Kingdom , London )
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University College London
- High Energy Physics Group (Tier-2 / United Kingdom , London )
- Research Computing (Tier-2 / United Kingdom , London )
- High Energy Physics Group (Tier-2 / United Kingdom , London )
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Brunel University (Tier-2 / United Kingdom , London )
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NorthGrid
- Daresbury Laboratory of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (Tier-2 / United Kingdom , Daresbury )
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Lancaster University (Tier-2 / United Kingdom , Lancaster (Lancashire) )
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University of Liverpool (Tier-2 / United Kingdom , Liverpool )
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University of Manchester (Tier-2 / United Kingdom , Manchester )
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University of Sheffield (Tier-2 / United Kingdom , Sheffield )
- Daresbury Laboratory of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (Tier-2 / United Kingdom , Daresbury )
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ScotGrid
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University of Durham (Tier-2 / United Kingdom , Durham )
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University of Edinburgh (Tier-2 / United Kingdom , Edinburgh )
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University of Glasgow (Tier-2 / United Kingdom , Glasgow )
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University of Durham (Tier-2 / United Kingdom , Durham )
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SouthGrid
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Joint European Torus of the European Fusion Development Agreement (Tier-2 / United Kingdom , Culham )
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Rutherford Appleton Laboratory of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (Tier-2 / United Kingdom , Didcot )
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University of Birmingham (Tier-2 / United Kingdom , Birmingham )
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University of Bristol (Tier-2 / United Kingdom , Bristol )
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University of Cambridge (Tier-2 / United Kingdom , Cambridge )
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University of Oxford (Tier-2 / United Kingdom , Oxford )
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University of Warwick (Tier-2 / United Kingdom , Coventry )
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Joint European Torus of the European Fusion Development Agreement (Tier-2 / United Kingdom , Culham )
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Rutherford Appleton Laboratory of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (Tier-1 / United Kingdom , Didcot )
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Grid Ireland
- Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (Tier-2 / Ireland , Dublin )
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University of Dublin (Tier-2 / Ireland , Dublin )
- Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (Tier-2 / Ireland , Dublin )