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September 28-29, 2026
THE 7th GLOBAL RESEARCH PLATFORM WORKSHOP
September 28-29, 2026
Naples, Italy
The Global Research Platform (GRP) is an international scientific collaboration to create innovative advanced ubiquitous services that integrate resources around the globe at speeds of gigabits and terabits per second, especially for large-scale data-intensive science research. GRP focuses on the design, implementation, and operation strategies for next-generation distributed communication services and infrastructure to facilitate high-performance data gathering, analytics, transport, computing, and storage among multiple science sites at 100 Gbps or higher. GRP community partners are in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East and Australia, and work together to customize international fabrics and distributed cyberinfrastructure to support optimal data-intensive scientific workflows.
The 7th GRP Workshop (7GRP) focuses on recent and emerging advances in architectures, services, technologies, and infrastructures driven by the requirements of large-scale, data-intensive, scientific research. Speakers present their innovations and explain how their work supports global science research.
RELATED MEETING
7GRP is co-located with the IEEE International Conference on eScience 2026. GRP Workshops and eScience Conferences co-locate because of their similar but complementary goals. Whereas both focus on data- and compute-intensive research across domain sciences, GRP promotes communication strategies for next-generation distributed services and infrastructure, and eScience promotes all aspects of eScience and its associated technologies, applications, algorithms and tools with a strong focus on practical solutions and challenges. 7GRP and eScience 2026 audiences share common interests, content, and culture. Co-location provides attendees with the option to register for both events.
7GRP is co-located with the IEEE International Conference on eScience 2026. GRP Workshops and eScience Conferences co-locate because of their similar but complementary goals. Whereas both focus on data- and compute-intensive research across domain sciences, GRP promotes communication strategies for next-generation distributed services and infrastructure, and eScience promotes all aspects of eScience and its associated technologies, applications, algorithms and tools with a strong focus on practical solutions and challenges. 7GRP and eScience 2026 audiences share common interests, content, and culture. Co-location provides attendees with the option to register for both events.
PROGRAM
The Draft 7GRP Workshop Program is available here.
REGISTRATION
The eScience Registration website is open for IEEE Members and Non-Members. Early registration ends August 7, followed by Late Registration.
The eScience Registration website is open for IEEE Members and Non-Members. Early registration ends August 7, followed by Late Registration.
7GRP is one of several eScience workshops. Register for Workshops/Tutorials Only if you only wish to attend 7GRP.
To attend the entire eScience Conference, which includes the cost of Workshops/Tutorials, register for Conference & Workshops/Tutorials.
TRAVEL, VENUE, and HOTEL
The IEEE eScience 2026 website’s pulldown TRAVEL link has information on:
The IEEE eScience 2026 website’s pulldown TRAVEL link has information on:
- Venue
- Hotel Accommodations
- Travel (via plane, train or automobile)
- About Naples
ORGANIZERS
7GRP Workshop Chair
7GRP Workshop Chair
Joe Mambretti, International Center for Advanced Internet Research (iCAIR), Northwestern University; StarLight International/National Communications Exchange Facility; Metropolitan Research and Education Network (MREN)
7GRP Workshop Coordinator
Maxine Brown, Electronic Visualization Laboratory, University of Illinois Chicago
7GRP Technical Program Organizers
Jim Chen, iCAIR, Northwestern University
David Martin, ESnet
7GRP Workshop Website
Fei Yeh, iCAIR, Northwestern University
RELATED INFORMATION
- GRP website
- National Research Platform
- Asia Pacific Research Platform
The Global Research Platform (GRP) is an international scientific collaboration led by the International Center for Advanced Internet Research (iCAIR) at Northwestern University, the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) at the University of Illinois Chicago, the Qualcomm Institute and the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego, and GRP's partners worldwide. Contact GRP organizers for further information.
The Global Research Platform (GRP) is an international scientific collaboration led by the International Center for Advanced Internet Research (iCAIR) at Northwestern University, the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) at the University of Illinois Chicago, the Qualcomm Institute and the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego, and GRP's partners worldwide. Contact GRP organizers for further information.