A Metacenter Regional Alliance for Computational Science Collaborations with Historically Black Colleges and Universities

9523470鲁伊兹目前，来自历史悠久的黑人学院和大学的研究人员很少能够有效地将高性能计算(HPC)技术融入他们的研究中。联合计算科学研究所(JICS)是田纳西大学(UT)和橡树岭国家实验室(ORNL)的联盟，旨在通过培训、实践经验以及HBCU研究人员与计算科学家和应用研究人员之间的长期合作关系来弥补这一不足。这一目标将通过在德克萨斯大学建立元中心区域联盟(MRA)来实现，以使JICS能够将超级计算支持扩展到美国东南部的HBCU。最初，四所HBCU将参与MRA计划的活动：田纳西州纳什维尔的田纳西州立大学和Meharry医学院，阿拉巴马州Normal的阿拉巴马农工大学和阿拉巴马州的Alabama A&amp；M，以及路易斯安那州巴吞鲁日的南方大学。来自这四个机构的大约12名个人将被选参加夏季计算讲习班，目标是：提供关于使用高性能计算资源的基本指导，特别是并行计算机和通过PVM连接的工作站集群；通过与JICS工作人员的一对一和小组协商，开始开发应用代码并将其移植到HPC，并启动与UT、ORNL以及与JICS和NSF Metacenter有共同兴趣的其他机构的研究人员的合作。促进与HBCU的远程协作和互动的设备将用于维持参与研究人员和MRA人员之间的交流。

9523470 Leuze Currently few researchers from historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) are able to effectively incorporate high performance computing (HPC) technology into their research. The Joint Institute for Computational Sciences (JICS), a consortium between the University of Tennessee (UT) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), seeks to remedy this lack through training, hands-on experience, and long term collaborative relations between HBCU researchers, and computational scientists and applications researchers. This goal will be met by the establishment of a Metacenter Regional Alliance (MRA) at UT to enable JICS to extend supercomputing support to HBCUs within the southeastern United States. Initially, four HBCUs will participate in the MRA's planned activities: Tennessee State University and Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, Alabama A&M in Normal, Alabama, and Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Approximately twelve individuals from these four institutions will be selected to participate in Summer Computational Workshops, with the goals: To provide basic instruction in the use of HPC resources, particularly parallel computers and clusters of workstations linked via PVM; to begin developing and porting application codes to HPC through one-on-one and small group consultations with JICS staff, and to initiate collaborations with researchers with common interests at UT, ORNL, and other institutions affiliated with JICS and the NSF Metacenter. Equipment to facilitate remote collaboration and interaction with HBCUs will be used to maintain communications between participating researchers and MRA personnel.