 Academic and Educational Grid Initiative of Serbia |
AEGIS is the acronym for the Academic and Educational Grid Initiative of Serbia. The members of AEGIS are researchers and academic institutions in Serbia that use, provide and/or develop Grid resources.
AEGIS seeks to unify High Performance Computing (HPC) in Serbia integrating it into robust national, regional and pan-European infrastructures. The initiative represents one of the focal points for the development of national policies related to HPC. AEGIS organizes dissemination and training activities, helps the Serbian research community to develop and deploy Grid applications, and coordinates related fund raising activities. In classical mythology Hephaestus forged Aegis, an impervious metal shield and breastplate, for Zeus as an infant. Zeus gave Aegis to his favorite daughter Pallas Athena. Athena lent Aegis to Perseus to battle the dreaded Gorgon Medusa who had snakes for hair and was so frightening to behold that those who viewed her turned to stone. Perseus slew Medusa by watching her reflection in the shield’s polished surface. |