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The scientific case for eInfrastructure in Norway The eInfrastructure Scientific Opportunities Panel

Many Norwegian research groups use high-performance computing, fast data networks, archival storage, and associated services. To help these research groups maintain their internationally leading positions, the Research Council of Norway has invested in the development of the necessary infrastructure through the eVITA programme, especially in the programs Notur, NorGrid, and NorStore. While it is important to obtain and use the best available hardware, no less important are the human resources for supporting and maintaining them and the institutes necessary for housing them. All this comprises a new kind of societal infrastructure, an electronic infrastructure or eInfrastructure. This eInfrastructure is not associated with individual projects or institutions, but exists at a national level. It is a societal infrastructure, an indispensable part of a “wellfunctioning research system”. As research is vital to the future of any nation, so is eInfrastructure as vital as power lines and roads.