NCSA 1987 Summer Institute at the Interdisiciplinary Research Center

作为对项目征集的回应，代表伊利诺伊大学香槟分校的国家超级计算应用中心在1987年提交了一份关于举办超级计算机暑期研究所的提案。审查小组对这项提案和其他八项提案进行了评估。NCSA提议成立一个为期两周的研究所，供30名年轻研究人员参加。学生在逗留期间的旅费和生活费将得到报销。NCSA在该中心的Cray XMP/48超级计算机和相关设备上开发了一系列培训模块。这将为学生提供使用向量超级计算机的基础知识。此外，还将举办应用于大气科学、化学、物理、图形学和计算机科学的先进计算方面的研讨会。每名学生将在Cray上获得五个服务单元。所有的评审者都认为这是一份坚实有力的提案，在实践工作和演讲之间取得了平衡。NCSA设施将每周七天每天24小时开放，每个学生都有一台专用的工作站/个人计算机。学生将保留在学院期间未使用的服务单元，供以后使用。通过使用来自NCSA专业人员的讲师和伊利诺伊大学和其他当地机构的研究人员，成本得到了控制。NCSA提出的成本为90,489美元。通过削减差旅费用、发言人酬金和相关间接费用，总费用已降至68000美元。NCSA还确定了7000美元的本科生研究部分。该中心计划建议为国家超级计算应用中心的超级计算机夏季研究所提供7.5万美元的支持。

In response to a Project Solicitation, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, representing the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, submitted a proposal to conduct a Supercomputer Summer Institute in 1987. This proposal and eight others were evaluated by a review panel. NCSA has proposed a two week Institute for 30 young researchers. Students will be reimbursed for the costs of travel and living expenses during their stay. NCSA has developed a series of training modules on the Center's Cray XMP/48 supercomputer and associated equipment. This will provide the students with a grounding in the basics of vector supercomputer usage. In addition, seminars will be conducted in advanced computing as applied to the atmospheric sciences, chemistry, physics, graphics, and computer science. Each student will be given five service units on the Cray. All reviewers found this to be a solid, strong proposal with a balance between hands-on work and lectures. The NCSA facilities will be available 24 hours per day, seven days per week, with a workstation/personal computer dedicated to each student. Students will retain the service units which are not used during the Institute to be used later. The costs have been controlled by using lecturers from the NCSA professional staff and researchers at the University of Illinois and other local institutions. NCSA has proposed a cost of $90,489. By cutting travel costs, speaker honoraria and associated overhead costs, the overall costs have been reduced to $68,000. NCSA has also identified an undergraduate research component of $7000. The Centers Program recommends support of a Supercomputer Summer Institute at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications in the amount of $75,000.