Supercomputer Summer Research Institute

超级计算机暑期研究所

• 批准号: 8713464
• 负责人: Charles Bender
• 金额: $ 5.71万
• 依托单位: University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1987
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1987-09-15 至 1988-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8713464&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Supercomputer; Summer; Research; Institute

In response to a Project Solicitation, the University of Georgia's Advanced Computational Methods Center submitted a proposal to conduct a Supercomputer Summer Institute in 1987. This proposal and eight others were evaluated by a review panel. Georgia proposed a two week Institute for 25 young researchers from July 12 to 24. Emphasis would be on developing familiarity with the University's Cyber 205 supercomputer, gaining an understanding of the concepts of vector computers and code optimization techniques, and becoming more familiar with advanced use of the Fortran programming language. The second week of the Institute would be focussed on specific software application programs, with an emphasis on three disciplinary areas: computational chemistry, computational fluid dynamics, and simulational physics. The panel found this to be a good, basic, but not innovative, proposal. Students could be expected to receive a particularly strong grounding in the Cyber 205, enhanced by the 24 hour per day access to the machine through terminals in dormitory rooms. The instructors proposed were adequate, but in general not of national reputation. The cost of the proposal seemed excessive. Georgia has experience in supercomputing training and education, having conducted three seminars in 1986, one of which was supported by the Centers Program. This year's proposal is particularly strong on application packages which are important to the majority of supercomputer users who do not write their own programs from scratch. These applications packages are also available across a broad variety of computer types and manufacturers and are useful on machines other than supercomputers. After negotiations, Georgia has agreed to a considerable amount of cost sharing, which reduces the proposal budget from $122,578 to the very reasonable amount of $53,109. In addition, an undergraduate component of $4000 has been identified. With the reduced budget, the Georgia proposal is an excellent value and will offer a strong training and education experience to its attendees. The Centers Program recommends support of a 1987 Summer Institute in the amount of $57,109.

作为对一个项目征集的回应，乔治亚大学的高级计算方法中心于1987年提交了一份关于举办超级计算机夏季研究所的提案。审查小组对这项提案和其他八项提案进行了评估。佐治亚州提议从7月12日至24日为25名年轻研究人员设立一个为期两周的研究所。重点将是熟悉大学的Cyber 205超级计算机，了解向量计算机的概念和代码优化技术，并更熟悉Fortran编程语言的高级使用。该研究所的第二周将集中于具体的软件应用程序，重点是三个学科领域：计算化学、计算流体力学和模拟物理。专家小组认为，这是一个很好的基本建议，但并不具有创新性。预计学生们将在Cyber 205上获得特别强大的基础，通过宿舍的终端每天24小时访问这台机器。建议的教官是足够的，但总体上不是国家声誉。这项提议的成本似乎过高。佐治亚州在超级计算培训和教育方面有经验，在1986年举办了三次研讨会，其中一次得到了中心计划的支持。今年的提案尤其针对应用程序包，这对大多数超级计算机用户来说很重要，他们不是从零开始编写自己的程序的。这些应用程序包也可以在各种类型的计算机和制造商中使用，并且在超级计算机以外的其他计算机上也很有用。经过谈判，格鲁吉亚同意分摊相当数额的费用，将拟议预算从122578美元减少到非常合理的53109美元。此外，还确定了4000美元的本科生部分。在预算减少的情况下，佐治亚州的提案非常有价值，将为与会者提供强大的培训和教育体验。中心方案建议为1987年的夏季学院提供57109美元的资助。