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Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) is a free infrastructure that integrates advance digital resources and services into one accessible location which allows people all over the world to easily share information and data. Scientists around the world use the resources and services in order to make the world a better place.

XSEDE has developed and replaced the former grid computing infrastructure TeraGrid. Currently, XSEDE supports 16 supercomputers and resources across the country. It is operated by the University of Illinois's National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). XSEDE is a five-year, $121 million project supported by the National Science Foundation.

History
XSEDE officially began on July 1, 2011 and is led by John Towns at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois.

Partnerships

 * National Science Foundation's eXtreme Digital program
 * XD Technology Database
 * XSEDE Metrics on Demand
 * FutureGrid
 * Open Science Grid
 * PRACE

Campus Champions
XSEDE provides the Campus Champion program in institutions across the country and supports local representations as a source of knowledge and resource. The Campus Champions are direct access between XSEDE and the campus regarding local, regional and national high-performance computing and cyberinfrastructure information, start-up accounts, requirements and challenges, as well as all the services and resources of XSEDE.

Training, Education and Outreach Services (TEOS)
XSEDE strive to prepare the current and future generation of researchers and others to use the many tools and resources offered. Training is available for those who want to use XSEDE in research. The Training team hopes to make the experience as easy as possible by having single user friendly portal to access all of the resources. The Education team works with higher education institutions to create more programs for people to earn their degrees or certificates in the STEM field. The Outreach team targets a diverse scientific, academic, and industrial workforce who are able to improve the future and make discoveries using XSEDE services.

Partner Institutions

 * Cornell University Center for Advanced Computing
 * Indiana University
 * Jülich Supercomputing Centre
 * Michigan State University
 * National Center for Atmospheric Research
 * National Center for Supercomputing Applications - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
 * National Institute for Computational Sciences - University of Tennessee Knoxville/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
 * Ohio Supercomputer Center - The Ohio State University
 * Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center - Carnegie Mellon University/University of Pittsburgh
 * Purdue University
 * Rice University
 * San Diego Supercomputer Center - University of California San Diego
 * Shodor Education Foundation
 * Southeastern Universities Research Association
 * Texas Advanced Computing Center - The University of Texas at Austin
 * University of California Berkeley
 * University of Chicago
 * University of Southern California
 * University of Virginia