Community Workshop On Computational Simulation and Visualization Environment for NEES

NEES联盟公司将于2003年11月举办一次研讨会，为小乔治·E·布朗公司的计算建模、模拟和可视化终端用户软件和硬件需求制定一项基于社区的地震工程计划。地震工程模拟网络(NEES)。该讲习班解决了2000财年至2004财年期间正在进行的NEES重大研究设备和设施建设(MREFC)项目的空白。NEES MREFC范围不包括为计算机模拟提供特定NEES用户级应用程序所需的大量软件开发，也不包括处理和可视化来自测试和分析的数字数据或视频和其他非数字信息所需的广泛软件开发。NEES将于2005财年开始为期十年的研究和教育运营。该讲习班的目标是在这十年的运行期内为NEES制定一项计算模拟和可视化环境计划。该研讨会将在堪萨斯州劳伦斯市的堪萨斯大学举行，约有40人参加，专家包括结构、岩土和海啸工程以及高性能和基于网络的计算，包括数据库。研讨会将通过AccesGrid举行，以实现远程参与。本次研讨会将讨论的主题包括：通过高附加值软件应用程序鼓励参与NEES协作，实验和数值模拟的整合，如何利用NEES MREFC下提供的使能中间件和模拟资源，以及公共/政府领域的软件，以及硬件(例如，计算机平台)要求。关于该研讨会的信息以及该研讨会的报告将在www.nees.org和NEES联合会第二届年会上查阅。

The NEES Consortium, Inc., will run a workshop in November 2003 to develop an earthquake engineering community-based plan for computational modeling, simulation, and visualization end-user software and hardware needs for the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES). This workshop addresses a void in the current NEES Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction (MREFC) project underway during FY 2000 - FY 2004. The NEES MREFC scope does not include the extensive software development needed to make available specific NEES-user level applications for computer simulation nor for processing and visualization of numerical data from tests and analyses or video and other non-numerical information. NEES will open for ten-year operation for research and education starting in FY 2005. The goal of this workshop is to establish a plan for the Computational Simulation and Visualization Environment for NEES during that ten-year operating period. This workshop will be held at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas and host approximately 40 participants, with experts in structural, geotechnical, and tsunami engineering as well as in high performance and network based computing, including databases. The workshop will be held via the AccesGrid to enable remote participation. Topics to be addressed at this workshop include the following: motivating participation in the NEES collaboratory through high value added software applications, integration of experimental and numerical simulation, how to build upon enabling middleware and simulation resources provided under the NEES MREFC as well as software in the public/government domain, and hardware (e.g., computer platform) requirements. Information about this workshop, as well as the report from this workshop, will be available at www.nees.org and the second annual meeting of the NEES Consortium, Inc.