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Chapter 18
Creating Gateway Alliances
Using WS-PGRADE/gUSE
Ugo Becciani, Eva Sciacca, Alessandro Costa, Piero Massimino,
Fabio Vitello, Santi Cassisi, Adriano Pietrinferni, Giuliano Castelli,
Cristina Knapic, Riccardo Smareglia, Giuliano Taffoni,
Claudio Vuerli, Marian Jakubik, Lubos Neslusan,
Mel Krokos and Gong-Bo Zhao
Abstract The STARnet Gateway Federation is a unique example of a federated
network of science gateways based on WS-PGRADE/gUSE technologies, and
explicitly designed and tuned to the needs of the astronomical and astrophysical
(A&A) community in Europe. The use of a federated gateway infrastructure allows
scientists to explore new collaboration opportunities and advancing the scienti
c
research activity within A&A. STARnet Gateways share a common authentication
system, a distributed computing infrastructure, data archives, portlets, and workflow
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