Acquisition of a High Performance Central Computing Facility at UCSB

收购 UCSB 的高性能中央计算设施

• 批准号: 0321368
• 负责人: Frank Brown
• 金额: $ 44.37万
• 依托单位: University of California-Santa Barbara
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-08-01 至 2006-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0321368&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Acquisition; Performance; Central; Computing; Facility

With support from the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program, the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California in Santa Barbara will acquire a Beowulf cluster. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas including a) simulation of biomaterial microstructures; b) simulation and interpretation of single molecule spectroscopy experiments; c) field-theoretic computer simulations of polymers and complex fluids; and d) modeling and computation of flow-structure interaction in multi-phase and complex fluids. A cluster of fast, modern computer workstations is vital to serving the computing needs of active research departments. Such a "computer network" also serves as a development environment for new theoretical codes and algorithms, provides state-of-the-art graphics and visualization facilities, and supports research in state-of-the-art applications of parallel processing. These studies will have a significant impact in a wide number of areas, including materials science and physics.

在主要研究仪器（MRI）计划的支持下，位于圣巴巴拉的加州大学化学和生物化学系将获得一个Beowulf集群。该设备将加强若干领域的研究，包括a）生物材料微观结构的模拟; B）单分子光谱实验的模拟和解释; c）聚合物和复杂流体的场论计算机模拟; d）多相和复杂流体中流动-结构相互作用的建模和计算。 一组快速、现代化的计算机工作站对于满足活跃的研究部门的计算需求至关重要。这样的“计算机网络”也可以作为新的理论代码和算法的开发环境，提供最先进的图形和可视化设施，并支持并行处理的最先进应用的研究。这些研究将在许多领域产生重大影响，包括材料科学和物理学。