"Virtual Supercomputing": High Speed Wide-Area Networks for Computational Applications

9632677名威廉姆斯计算研究人员在阿拉巴马州、肯塔基州、路易斯安那州、密西西比州、南卡罗来纳州和西弗吉尼亚州(又名6-PAC成立了东南伙伴关系，以共享计算资源(SEPSCoR)。位于这些状态的超级计算机将通过高速广域网络连接起来，形成一个功能更强大的“虚拟超级计算机”，它将专注于解决高度棘手的计算问题，如复杂材料的建模和分子动力学。该共享资源将向所有获得该联盟批准的研究人员开放。实现这一目标的高速网络将由东南大学研究协会(SURA)和网络公司博尔特、贝拉内克和纽曼(BBN)合作管理。该合同将为这一网络伙伴关系第一年的启动费用提供资金，之后，将向网络和通信研究和基础设施司提交一份完整的维护提案。该项目的最终结果将是展示如何通过利用先进的网络基础设施来促进计算科学的发展。使用这一州际设施的最初项目将在计算材料研究领域，但从长远来看，其他数值密集型领域也将受益。

9632677 Williams Computational researchers in the states of Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and West Virginia (a.k.a. the 6-PAC) have formed the South East Partnership to Share Computational Resources (SEPSCoR). The supercomputers located in each of these states will be linked by high speed wide-area networks to form a more powerful "virtual supercomputer", which will be focused on the solution of highly intractable computational problems, such as the modeling and molecular dynamics of complex materials. This shared resource will be available to all researchers who are approved by the consortium. The high-speed networks which will make this possible will be managed by a partnership with the Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) and the networking Corporation, Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN). This award will fund the start-up costs of this networking partnership in its first year, after which, a full maintenance proposal will be submitted to the Division of Networking and Communications Research and Infrastructure. The net result of this project will be the demonstration of how computational science can be advanced through the utilization of an advanced networking infrastructure. The initial projects using this interstate facility will be in the area of computational materials research, but in the long term, other numerically-intensive areas will benefit as well.