The Grid Computing Competence Center (GC3) at the University of Zurich (UZH) is an effort jointly funded by the Baldridge Research Group and the Informatikdienste of the UZH.

Mission

Our mission is to:

• Foster research, education, infrastructure, and usage of grid computing at UZH through a collaborative coordination of corresponding human and technical resources.
• Provide a single point of contact and collaboration platform for grid computing activities at UZH.
• Promote grid computing activities and enhance their visibility at UZH.
• Represent grid computing interests of UZH in local, national, and international initiatives.

Organization

Steering Committee

• Prof. Dr. Kim Baldridge (Chairperson), Institute of Organic Chemistry
• Dr. Alexander Godknecht, IT Services

Staff

• Dr. Sergio Maffioletti, Project Director
• Riccardo Murri, Software Architect
• Tyanko Aleksiev, System Administrator

Contributors

• Christian Bolliger, IT Services
• Thorsten Steenbock, IT Services

The organizational structure of the GC3 is described in detail this document (in German).

Projects

Please visit our projects page to find out more about the current and past projects that GC3 has taken part in.

Contact

For any inquiry or feedback, please send an email to the Project Director, Dr. Sergio Maffioletti, at sergio.maffioletti@gc3.uzh.ch. Other team members' contact information can be found in the Organization section.

Mailing address

Location

Our offices are located on the Irchel campus of the University of Zurich on the F floor in the hallway connecting buildings 13 and 32

The Irchel Campus may easily be reached by public transportation. Take tram lines 7,9,10,14 or bus lines 69,72 to the stops Irchel or Milchbuck.