ENG Research Equipment Grant: Equipments for Parallel and Neural Computing Projects

这项研究设备补助金将使斯托尼布鲁克的纽约州立大学电气工程系有可能加强其并行和神经计算的研究计划。 该部门将购买一台128处理器的CNAPS计算机和一台Sun Ultra Sparc工作站，用于支持并行和神经计算的研究。 该设备将用于四个研究项目，包括：1）神经控制; 2）图像处理; 3）并行系统仿真;和4）贝叶斯神经网络建模和控制。 这些项目都需要数据密集型模拟。 所选设备是根据这些需求特别设计的。 128处理器的CNAPS计算机是一种SIMD（单指令多数据）并行计算机，非常适合神经网络和图像处理应用。 超快速的Sun工作站将允许快速、同时地访问拟议的128处理器CNAPS系统和现有的64处理器CNAPS系统。 它还可以为并行系统仿真提供基础设施。

This Research Equipment Grant will make it possible for the Department of Electrical Engineering at the State university of New York at Stony Brook to strengthen its research program on Parallel and Neural Computing. The department will purchase a 128-processor CNAPS computer and a Sun Ultra Sparc workstation which will be dedicated to support research in parallel and neural computing. The equipment will be used for four research project s including: 1) neural control; 2) image processing; 3) parallel system simulation; and 4) Bayesian neural network for modeling and control. These projects all require data intensive simulations. The equipments selected is especially designed with these needs in mind. The 128-processor CNAPS computer is a SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data) parallel computer ideal for neural network and image processing applications. The ultra-fast Sun workstation will allow fast, concurrent access to the proposed 128-processor CNAPS system and the existing 64-processor CNAPS system. It can also provide an infrastructure for parallel system simulation.