Funded by a $1.96 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Indiana University and Polar Grid partners Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) and the NSF’s Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS), headquartered at the University of Kansas, are poised this week to deploy a collection of customized computational resources to Antarctica that will allow scientists — both on site and remotely — to more securely and efficiently process data during polar field expeditions.
IU Sends Innovative Technology to Antarctica to Speed Polar Research
September 22, 2008