The term “cyberinfrastructure” was coined by a National Science Foundation blue-ribbon advisory panel hailing a new age in scientific and engineering research fueled by the continuing advances in computing, information, and communication technology.
Cyberinfrastructure describes the new research environments in which advanced computational, collaborative, data acquisition and management services are available to researchers through high-performance networks. Cyberinfrastructure integrates hardware for computing, data and networks, digitally-enabled sensors, observatories and experimental facilities, and an interoperable suite of software and middleware services and tools.
Cyberinfrastructure is a new critical infrastructure. Researchers today are coming to depend on cyberinfrastructure in much the same way that society today relies on its physical infrastructure to provide electricity, water, telephones and roads.
As New Jersey’s science and technology university, NJIT has developed a local cyberinfrastructure well positioned to allow NJIT faculty and students to collaborate at local, national, and global levels on many issues at the forefront of science and engineering research.
Follow the links below to learn more about NJIT's local cyberinfrastructure.
In addition to NJIT's cyberinfrastructure, NJIT participates in the World Community Grid. All NJIT public labs contribute computational resources, to the World Community Grid, during hours when the labs are closed. You can learn more about this partnership, World Grid projects, and how to add your computer to the World Community Grid by visiting NJIT's World Community Grid web pages (click here).
Information on national cyberinfrastructure initiatives can be found at NSF’s Office of Cyberinfrastructure.
