Scientific Computing Research Environments in the Mathematical Sciences

波士顿大学数学与统计学系将购买计算设备，用于支持数学科学的研究。该设备由一台SUN HPC450 （2 × 512兆RAM， 9.1 gb磁盘，双400 MHz处理器），两台SUN Ultra 60（每台2 × 512兆RAM， 9.1 gb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）组成。波士顿大学将提供总收购成本的50%的成本分摊承诺。该设备将用于几个研究项目，特别是：(1)复杂分析函数的大规模迭代及其动态可视化（R. L. Devaney）；(2)时间序列和图像的计算密集型分层统计建模（M. E. Glickman和E. D. Kolaczyk）；(3)模式形成和自复制点的数值研究（T. J. Kaper）；(4)几何和拓扑符号计算（T. Kimura）；(5)基于海马神经元电活动的神经生理学微分方程模型的大规模模拟与可视化（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).