"HP is a leader in grid technologies and continues to invest in research-and-development efforts to advance grid, where application services execute on shared IT resources," Meichun Hsu, director of HP Labs China, said in a statement. "We are proud to play an important role in a collaborative and secure grid computing environment for this visionary undertaking by the Ministry of Education."

HP Labs researchers also are working on software agents that can be plugged into the grid system to bolster security. The team is developing an active feedback system as a service using a system based on HP OpenView Radia software and service-oriented architecture.