Integrating HPCC into Physical Sciences Research

高性能计算和通信（HPCC）正在发展成为科学的关键使能技术。我们提出了一个将HPCC整合到选定的物理科学研究领域的方案。该计划将以一个核心教师小组为基础，他们共同跨越所需的知识基础，目前正在参与联合跨学科研究项目。主要机制是由两位PI共同监督学生的研究。该提案的PI将由三个系的教员组成：航空航天工程科学（AES）、天体物理学、行星与大气科学（APAS）和计算机科学（CS），还有物理学的Co-I J. Dreitlein。这四个系因其活跃和富有成效的研究生项目而获得全国认可。随着1992年由美国国家科学基金会颁发的著名的多学科HPCC大挑战应用补助金，跨部门合作得到了加强。ARPA和NASA的HPCC奖励进一步增加了互动和推广的机会。这些奖项为GRT学员提供了最先进的HPCC设施。毕业生将在国家超级计算机中心、政府和行业研究实验室以及国际高性能计算中心进行大量的驻留。

High performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) is evolving as a critical enabling technology for the sciences. We propose a program to integrate HPCC into selected research areas in the physical sciences. The program will be based around a core group of faculty who collectively span the required knowledge base and who are currently involved in joint interdisciplinary research programs. The primary mechanism will be the joint supervision of a student's research by two of the PI's. The PI's for this proposal will be faculty members in three departments: Aerospace Engineering Sciences (AES), Astrophysical, Planetary and Atmospheric Sciences (APAS) and Computer Science (CS), joined by a Co-I in Physics, J. Dreitlein. These four departments are nationally recognized by their active and productive graduate programs. Inter-departmental collaboration has increased with the award of a prestigious, multi-disciplinary HPCC Grand Challenge Applications Grant by NSF in 1992. HPCC awards from ARPA and NASA have further increased opportunities for interaction and outreach. These awards have provided state-of-the-art HPCC facilities available to GRT trainees. The graduate trainees will spend substantial residence periods at national supercomputer centers, government and industry research laboratories and international HPC centers.