UNINETT Sigma

UNINETT Sigma coordinates the operational activity and long-term development of the national infrastructure for computational science. The company also coordinates the Norwegian effort within grid development and represents Norway in international grid collaboration. UNINETT Sigma works under a contract with the Research Council of Norway in collaboration with four universities and the Meteorological Institute.

The activity is run non-profit. The company is part of UNINETT and is located in Trondheim with the rest of the Group.

Rationale

The rationale of UNINETT Sigma according to its statutes is to:

• coordinate a powerful, reliable and cost-effective national infrastructure for computational science
• ensure efficient utilization of the national infrastructure
• contribute to the development of a national grid
• be proactive in international collaboration in infrastructure and computational science
• disseminate computational science as an important discipline in Norway

The Board

Petter Kongshaug	Chairman	UNINETT AS
Bjørn Olav Brandsdal	Board member	University of Tromsø
Mats Carlsson	Board Member	University of Oslo
Kristin Margrethe Flornes	Board member	International Research Institute of Stavanger
Pinar Heggernes	Board member	University of Bergen
Lars-Anders Breivik	Deputy	Meteorological Institute
Egil Tjåland	Deputy	Norwegian University for Science and Technology

Advisory Board

   Mandate

Key data

Number of staff	3
Organizational number	968 100 211
Bank account no.	4200.03.53994
Founded	December 2, 2004

Background

   New era for Norwegian high-performance computing (press release, October 2004)
   Statutes (PDF, in Norwegian)
   Logo (PNG)