Srce
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Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
is the oldest infrastructural institution of the Croatian academic and scientific community in the area of construction and application of information and communication technologies (ICT). Srce is an organizational unit belonging to the University of Zagreb
University of Zagreb
The University of Zagreb is the biggest Croatian university and the oldest continuously operating university in the area covering Central Europe south of Vienna and all of Southeastern Europe...
, which (as at the time the only university in Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
) founded Srce in 1971. Regarding its national significance and functions, it is financed by the State budget through the Ministry of science, education and sports.
Today, Srce is a computing centre with significant computing resources and it is the centre of the national e-infrastructure (computing, communications and informational infrastructure) as well as expert and educational center for the application of ICT.
Mission
The University Computing Centre – Srce provides support to the academic community in building the information societyInformation society
The aim of the information society is to gain competitive advantage internationally through using IT in a creative and productive way. An information society is a society in which the creation, distribution, diffusion, use, integration and manipulation of information is a significant economic,...
in the Republic of Croatia through the implementation of the latest information and communication technologies, high quality student support and collecting and transferring expert knowledge.
Fundamental functions of Srce
Fundamental functions of Srce are: (1) central nod for e-infrastructure for scientific and university education systems (2) expert centre for ICT, (3) educational and support centre for the application of ICT.Major activities and projects in Srce
- NOC - network operations center of the national Academic and Research Network CARNetCARNetCARNet is the national research and education network of Croatia. It is funded from the government budget and it operates from offices in Zagreb and five other cities....
, which was founded in Srce in 1991 as a project of the Ministry of science, education and sports. Srce maintained CARNet NOC until April 2009.
- StuDOM - local network system for all student dormitories
- DNSDomain name systemThe Domain Name System is a hierarchical distributed naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network. It associates various information with domain names assigned to each of the participating entities...
HR – Srce has been conducting operational registering and maintenance of the domain system since 1992, i.e. the registration of the Croatian national domain (.hr)
- CIX - Croatian Internet eXchange – national centre for the Internet exchange
- CRO-GRID Infrastructure – national gridGrid computingGrid computing is a term referring to the combination of computer resources from multiple administrative domains to reach a common goal. The grid can be thought of as a distributed system with non-interactive workloads that involve a large number of files...
infrastructure – distributed computer system, based on the paradigm of the computer and information grid. Accessible by the CRO-GRID Portal, a Grid portal operated by the Ruđer Bošković Institute and based on P-GRADE PortalP-GRADE PortalThe P-GRADE Grid Portal is a grid portal solution that allows users to manage the whole life-cycle of executing a parallel application in a grid, enabling the creation, execution and monitoring of workflows through high-level Web interfaces....
technology. The project finished in 2006 and as a result in 2007 CRO NGI was started.
- Computer cluster Isabella – common resource of all scientist in CroatiaCroatiaCroatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
for advanced calculations.
- AAI@EduHr – authenticationAuthenticationAuthentication is the act of confirming the truth of an attribute of a datum or entity...
and authorizationAuthorizationAuthorization is the function of specifying access rights to resources, which is related to information security and computer security in general and to access control in particular. More formally, "to authorize" is to define access policy...
infrastructure of the scientific and higher education system in the Republic of Croatia
- Network applications - MWP (measuring web space), HRČAK (site for Croatian electronic scientific magazines), DAMP and AMD (network publications archive)
- ISVU – Informational system of higher education institutions in the Republic of Croatia
- ISSP - Informational system of student canteen (students' X-card)
- Beginners and advanced IT courses
- Expert educational programs for information technologyInformation technologyInformation technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
and computer experts and professionals (MicrosoftMicrosoftMicrosoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
IT academy, LinuxLinuxLinux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
academy, CiscoCiscoCisco may refer to:Companies:*Cisco Systems, a computer networking company* Certis CISCO, corporatised entity of the former Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation in Singapore...
network technologies academy programs)
- Exam centre for international certificates (ECDLECDLECDL is an acronym which may refer to:* El Canto del Loco, a Spanish pop group* European Computer Driving Licence, a computer literacy certification programme* European Conference on Digital Libraries, an international conference series...
, Pearson VUEPearson VUEPearson VUE is an electronic testing company owned by British media company Pearson PLC. Founded in 1994 by E. Clarke Porter as Virtual University Enterprises, the company now operates in 165 countries with more than 5,000 authorized test centres ....
)
- E-learningE-learningE-learning comprises all forms of electronically supported learning and teaching. The information and communication systems, whether networked learning or not, serve as specific media to implement the learning process...
center
- CIT – international magazine Journal of ComputingComputingComputing is usually defined as the activity of using and improving computer hardware and software. It is the computer-specific part of information technology...
and Information TechnologyInformation technologyInformation technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
- ITI – international conference Information Technology Interfaces
International cooperation
Srce actively participates in a number of international projects:- GÉANT2GÉANT2GÉANT2 is the seventh generation of pan-European research and education network, successor to the pan-European multi-gigabit research network GÉANT. The project within which the network is funded began officially on 1 September 2004, and is due to run for four years.The GÉANT2 network provides...
- Multi-gigabit Pan-European Research and Education Network; Srce participates in the project as the Third Party, i.e. as a multi-annual partner of CARNet. Srce is the leader of eduroamEduroameduroam is a secure international roaming service for users in Higher Education. The European eduroam confederation is based on a set of defined organisational and technical requirements that each member of the confederation must agree to and follow.- History...
SA – activity aimed at establishing and maintaining continuously reliable and safe service in Europe. Through contract with DANTEDANTEDelivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe is a not-for-profit organisation that plans, builds and operates the international networks that interconnect the various national research and education networks in Europe and surrounding regions...
(Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe) Srce has been an international GÉANT network nod;
- EGEE-II - Enabling Grids for E-sciencE; Srce has been participating in the project as a project partner – representative of the Croatian institutions (institutions involved in the CRO-GRID project) based on the Joint Research Unit (JRU) model;
- EQIBELT - Education Quality Improvement by e-Learning Technology, EU Tempus project with the aim of systematic implementation of methodologies and technologies of e-learning at the Croatian universities.