Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics

Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics (CIG) is a membership-governed organization that supports and promotes Earth science by developing and maintaining software for computational geophysics and related fields. On behalf of its Member Institutions, CIG is now working under a Cooperative Agreement with the National Science Foundation to develop, support, and disseminate open source software for the greater geodynamics community. CIG consists of: (a) a coordinated effort to develop reusable, well-documented and open-source geodynamics software; (b) the basic building blocks an infrastructure layer of software by which state-of-the-art modeling codes can be quickly assembled; (c) extension of existing software frameworks to interlink multiple codes and data through a superstructure layer; (d) strategic partnerships with the larger world of computational science and geoinformatics; and (e) specialized training and workshops for both the geodynamics and larger Earth science communities.