Scientific Computing Research Environments for the Mathematical Sciences - SCREMS

位于巴尔的摩县的马里兰州大学（UMBC）的数学与统计系将购买一台分布式存储并行计算机，用于支持数学科学的系内研究。主要研究人员打算购买一个64处理器的Linux集群，该集群由32个双处理器计算节点组成，这些节点与高速Myrinet网络连接，并配备大量使用RAID控制器的快速中央磁盘存储。所有研究人员都计划使用消息传递接口（MPI）来提供可靠的可移植性。该设备将用于多个研究项目，特别是包括半导体制造、量子化学、生物信息学、计算神经生物学和约束机械系统的应用领域。这些研究项目是统一的，需要使用高效的并行计算，使实际相关的问题的解决方案。所解决的研究领域是当前的国家利益，涉及解决方案的方法，跨越这些学科，并将导致更有效的模拟技术在其他领域。计算机还将在系的教育使命、大学的MARC U* 星星（少数民族进入研究职业）计划和主要研究人员的本科生研究经验活动中发挥作用，使不同层次的学生参与科学计算的当代方法。

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at theUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) willpurchase a distributed memory parallel computer whichwill be dedicated to the support of departmentalresearch in the mathematical sciences. The principalinvestigators intend to purchase a 64-processor Linuxcluster consisting of 32 dual-processor computationalnodes connected with a high-speed Myrinet network andequipped with a significant amount of fast central diskstorage using a RAID controller. All researchers planto use the Message Passing Interface (MPI) to providereliable portability.The equipment will be used for multiple research projects,including, in particular, the areas of applications insemiconductor manufacturing, quantum chemistry,bioinformatics, computational neurobiology, andconstrained mechanical systems. The research projects areunified by the need to use efficient parallel computingto enable the solution of practically relevant problems.The research areas addressed are of current nationalinterest and involve solution methodologies that cutacross these disciplines and will lead to more efficientsimulation techniques in other areas. The computer willalso play a role in the department's education mission,the university's MARC U*STAR (Minority Access to ResearchCareers) program, and in the principal investigators'Research Experiences for Undergraduates activities, byinvolving students at various levels in contemporarymethods in scientific computing.