Building the Agentic Science Era Together

Join a global community of researchers, developers, and scientists bridging the gap between AI agents and petabyte-scale data.

"We believe that context is the currency of intelligence. In a world drowning in data but starved for meaning, we are building the infrastructure that lets agents reason rather than just retrieve. This isn't just about faster I/O—it's about enabling a new kind of science where agents are first-class citizens."

Why Contribute

Collaborative Innovation

Work alongside climate scientists, AI researchers, systems engineers, and domain experts pushing the boundaries of autonomous discovery.

Real-World Impact

Power agents that predict weather, discover materials, analyze cosmic events, and accelerate scientific breakthroughs across disciplines.

Open Standards

MCP standardizes how agents talk to tools and data. Contribute to the foundation of agentic computing infrastructure.

Cutting-Edge Research

Context engineering, hierarchical memory, agent orchestration—work on the frontier of AI and systems research.

Platform Status

API Gateway

Operational

Context Engine

99.99% Avail

HPC Bridge

High Latency

MCP Servers

latest

Platform Evolution

2024 Q3

Project Inception

NSF award ($5M), initial CLIO Ingest design

2025 Q1

Prototype v0.1

First context transfer demo

2025 Q4

IOWarp Core Beta

Public release, HDF5/NetCDF integration

2026 Q2

Agentic Scale

Target: 10,000 concurrent agentsVision

Key Repositories

Community Spotlight

Featured Project

Climate Agent v2.0

500TB CMIP6 analysis with autonomous pattern discovery

New Tool

HDF5-MCP

Direct HDF5 access for Claude agents

Paper

Context-Aware IO

Published SC'25

Resource

IOWarp Academy

Free course on agentic science infrastructure

Upcoming Events

Weekly Community Call

Feb 12

10:00 AM PT

Zoom

Webinar: Agentic Science 101

Feb 24

11:00 AM PT

Livestream

IOWarp Summit 2026

Mar 15

All Day

Chicago

Contribution Pathways

Latest Releases

v0.6.4 2025-11-15

IOWarp Core: Performance improvements and bug fixes

v0.1.1 2025-11-10

IOWarp Platform: Docker deployment improvements

v0.5.1 2025-11-01

IOWarp Core: Initial public release

Open Governance

IOWarp follows an open governance model with Working Groups, a Technical Steering Committee, and a clear path from contributor to maintainer. All decisions are made transparently with community input.

Community Stats

25+
Papers
$5M
NSF Funding
100%
Open Source
2
Universities + 1 Industry Partner

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Join us in building the infrastructure for autonomous scientific discovery. Every contribution matters.