Scientific Computing Research Environments in the Mathematical Sciences

波士顿大学数学和统计系将购买专门用于支持数学科学研究的计算设备。该设备包括一台SUN HPC450(2x512MB内存，9.1G磁盘，双400 MHz处理器)，两台SUN Ultra 60‘S(各2x512MB内存，9.1G磁盘，双360 MHz处理器)和一台SUN Enterprise 250文件服务器(双300 MHz处理器)。波士顿大学将提供总收购成本50%的成本分担承诺。该设备将用于几个研究项目，特别包括：(1)复杂解析函数的大规模迭代及其动力学可视化(R.L.Devaney)；(2)计算密集的时间序列和图像的分层统计建模(M.E.Glickman和E.D.Kolaczyk)；(3)图案形成和自我复制点的数值研究(T.J.Kaper)；(4)几何和拓扑学的符号计算(T.Kimura)；(5)神经生理学中以海马神经元电活动为重点的微分方程模型的大规模模拟和可视化(N.Kopell，M.S.Olufsen，J.A.White)。

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Boston University will purchase computing equipment which will be dedicated to the support of research in the mathematical sciences. The equipment consists of one SUN HPC450 (with 2 x 512 Mbytes RAM, 9.1 Gbyte disks, dual 400 MHz processors), two SUN Ultra 60's (each with 2 x 512 Mbytes RAM, 9.1 Gbyte disks, dual 360 MHz processors), and a SUN Enterprise 250 file server (with dual 300 MHz processors). Boston University will provide a cost-sharing commitment of 50% of the total acquisition cost. The equipment will be used for several research projects, including in particular: (1) massive iterations of complex analytic functions and the visualization of their dynamics (R. L. Devaney); (2) computationally intensive hierarchical statistical modeling of time series and images (M. E. Glickman and E. D. Kolaczyk); (3) numerical studies of pattern formation and self-replicating spots (T. J. Kaper); (4) symbolic computation in geometry and topology (T. Kimura); (5) laarge-scale simulations and visualization for differential equation models in neurophysiology focusing on electrical activity in hippocampal neurons (N. Kopell, M. S. Olufsen, J. A. White).