• Manage facilities and grid system. develop research projects, support education and technology.
• Operate KOCED grid system to function as portal for user access.
• Develop a joint operation through the consortium and ultimately hand over the testing facilities to the host universities by 2024.
• Share time for use of test facilities = Consortium and national R&D projects (70%) + Host university (30%).

• Qualification

  • Organization with testing facility of required size.

• Network

  • General User Internet.

• Service

  • Access to public test data

    • - Availability of test data decided by the client or the person in charge of the experiment.
    • - Increased added value through D/B construction from KOCED data.

  • Access to information on facility and equipment

    • - Testing facility selected appropriate for experiment.
    • - Test facility equipment available for rental among facilities.

  • Access to schedule

    • - Schedule of available time slots announced for public use.
    • - Overlapping scheduling not allowed -> Individual scheduling only.

Participation as KOCED's additional testing facility

• Qualification

  • Organization with testing facility of required size decided after evaluation.

• Network

  • Availability of KREONET connection (agreement with KISTI required) in the case of universities and government sponsored research institutes.

• Service

  • Collaborative environment for test preparation and process

    • - Sharing of participating researchers’ data (easy access to all data on plan of experiment, data,analysis, report, and other documents).
    • - Interactive discussion and online conferences between researchers available.
    • - Remote observation and discussion on preparation and progress of experiments.

  • Real-time Tele-presence

    • - Real-time remote observation of the experiment and data.
    • - Online experiments available to the public.

  • Dispersed Experiments

    • - Real-time hybrid structural testing.

• Fees

  • Rate determined by KOCED regulations; expenses shared by the KOCED Consortium.

Participation as User Groups

• Qualification

  • None

• Network

  • Various choices available depending on the service needed. KREONET connection available for universities and government sponsored research institutes.

• Service

  • Varies depending on type of membership.

Network System

• Preexisting Internet Connection

  • Preexisting Internet Connection

    • Computer connected to preexisting system or Internet connection.
    • Uploading of experimental data saved in the local system.
    • No extra fee.

• Networking with High-Speed Internet and Equipment

  • KREONET (university or research institute) or KORNET (corporation) connection
  • Networking of testing equipment.
  • H/W and S/W set up according to KOCED standards.
  • Large estimated cost.
  • Collaborative environment provided for preparation and process of experiments
  • All KOCED activities available including Real-time tele-presence and dispersed experiments.