{"id":756,"date":"2024-06-27T07:49:24","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T05:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicis.ac.za\/?p=756"},"modified":"2024-06-27T07:53:35","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T05:53:35","slug":"nicis-accepted-as-an-associate-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicis.ac.za\/?p=756","title":{"rendered":"NICIS accepted as an associate member of large international experiment at CERN\u202f"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The CSIR has become a full participant in the international experiment ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment) through the National Integrated Cyberinfrastructure System (NICIS). NICIS brings expertise and resources in high-performance computing, large-scale data storage and highspeed bandwidth to the project. ALICE is designed to study the physics of strongly interacting matter at extreme energy densities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NICIS was granted associate membership in ALICE, a project at the European Council for Nuclear Research (CERN) for three years. CERN is renowned for its cutting-edge particle physics research, which requires processing, analysing and storing vast amounts of data generated by experiments like ALICE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To support this, CERN relies on purpose-built high-performance computing infrastructure, large-scale storage and high-speed connectivity services provided by a global network of high-performance cluster node facilities. The NICIS will enhance ALICE\u2019s computational capabilities and enable faster data processing and analysis by providing the only Tier two high-performance computing node in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, further collaboration opportunities will be explored. The associate membership status will be reviewed in three years, with the potential to expand collaboration to include ground-breaking scientific research in high-energy physics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"757\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nicis.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Pic-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nicis.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Pic-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nicis.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Pic-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nicis.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Pic-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nicis.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Pic.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" data-id=\"758\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nicis.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/pic2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nicis.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/pic2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/nicis.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/pic2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nicis.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/pic2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" data-id=\"759\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nicis.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/pic3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nicis.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/pic3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/nicis.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/pic3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nicis.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/pic3-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csir.co.za\/team-csir-honoured-sixth-parliament-legacy-report-on-science-and-innovation-meeting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CSIR<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CSIR has become a full participant in the international experiment ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment) through the National Integrated Cyberinfrastructure System (NICIS). NICIS brings expertise and resources in high-performance computing, large-scale data storage and highspeed bandwidth to the project. 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