General Information
The Center for Information Architecture in Research (CIAR) at the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico is funded by a RCMI grant (G12RR03051) from the National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health.
CIAR's main goal is to enhance collaboration between researchers at the Medical Sciences Campus (MSC), University of Puerto Rico, and researchers in other institutions within and outside Puerto Rico through the application of computing and telecommunications technologies. Four specific aims have been identified:
- to facilitate access and stimulate the use of high performance computing and biotechnology research resources available through the Internet;
- to create or enhance web sites, news groups or list servers for interdisciplinary research initiatives at the MSC that collaborate actively with investigators at the regional, national or international level;
- to create portals to research resources available at the MSC or online through the Web, and
- to update the telecommunications infrastructure in some areas of the MSC.
We have developed capabilities in the areas of videoconferencing (H.323), digital video,AccessGrid, list servers, website development and hosting, network monitoring and list servers, as well as projects related to image analysis and search engines.
This website provides information about these and other initiatives. We hope you find it useful.
