MRI: Acquisition of a Linux Cluster to Fulfill High Performance Computing Needs Within Engineering and Science

MRI：收购 Linux 集群以满足工程和科学领域的高性能计算需求

• 批准号: 0619641
• 负责人: Patrick Tebbe
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Minnesota State University, Mankato
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-08-15 至 2009-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0619641&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Acquisition; Linux; Cluster; Fulfill

Proposal No. CTS-0619641Principal Investigator: Patrick A. Tebbe, Minnesota State University, MankatoMRI: Acquisition of a Linux Cluster to Fulfill High Performance Computing Needs Within Engineering and Science This Major Research Instrumentation grant will improve the computational infrastructure of the Departments of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (MECE) and Computer and Information Science (CIS), at Minnesota State University Mankato (MSU). A Linux computer cluster will be acquired with the memory and architecture properties required to facilitate ongoing research, course, and training activities. Engineering software that has been optimized for use on a distributed processor system is also requested to allow the system to be fully utilized for engineering research and education. The equipment and software will directly support three research projects with critical computational needs: 1) Study of Transient and Three-dimensional Effects in Physical Vapor Transport, 2) Linguistic Features for Speech Recognition, and 3) Statistical Disclosure Assessment. Each of these topics is currently restricted by a lack of high performance computing (HPC) infrastructure. The overarching broad impact of this project will be to increase high-performance computing in the research and educational experiences of engineering and science students and enhance the research potential of faculty at MSU. Acquisition of the resources described will enable these and future research projects to move forward while aiding the institution in meeting its educational goals. The equipment will be used in numerous undergraduate and graduate courses in both departments. In addition, a new cross-disciplinary Seminar in High Performance Computing course will be created based on these research topics and this equipment. Through this seminar and the numerous affected courses, undergraduate and graduate students will be exposed to high performance computing and trained for its use in research. Outreach and training of other campus faculty will be conducted in order to increase the number of potential research and classroom users of the system. MSU is a non-Ph.D. granting institution and the recent recipient of a $2 million grant from the State of Minnesota to establish a Center of Excellence in Manufacturing and Engineering. The Center partners MSU with 5 technical or community colleges and one state Higher Education District. With the objectives of building partnerships with K-12 and industry, a unique opportunity exists to leverage this proposal with the Center's work. In addition, numerous external entities including several universities, an international university, NASA, and a small company will be involved as research collaborators with these projects.

号提案 CTS-0619641主要研究者：帕特里克A.明尼苏达州特培州立大学，MankatoMRI：收购Linux群集以满足工程和科学领域的高性能计算需求 这项主要研究仪器补助金将改善明尼苏达州立大学曼卡托（MSU）机械与土木工程（MECE）和计算机与信息科学（CIS）系的计算基础设施。 将购置一个Linux计算机集群，其内存和结构特性有助于正在进行的研究、课程和培训活动。工程软件已被优化用于分布式处理器系统，也要求允许该系统被充分利用工程研究和教育。该设备和软件将直接支持三个具有关键计算需求的研究项目：1）物理气相传输中的瞬态和三维效应研究，2）语音识别的语言特征，以及3）统计披露评估。这些主题中的每一个当前都受到缺乏高性能计算（HPC）基础设施的限制。 该项目的总体广泛影响将是增加高性能计算在工程和科学学生的研究和教育经验，并提高在密歇根州立大学教师的研究潜力。所描述的资源的收购将使这些和未来的研究项目向前推进，同时帮助该机构在满足其教育目标。这些设备将用于两个系的许多本科生和研究生课程。此外，一个新的跨学科的高性能计算课程研讨会将创建基于这些研究课题和这种设备。通过这次研讨会和众多受影响的课程，本科生和研究生将接触到高性能计算，并接受培训，以用于研究。 将对校园内的其他教员进行外联和培训，以增加该系统的潜在研究和课堂用户的数量。MSU是一个非博士学位。该公司是一家授权机构，最近获得了明尼苏达州200万美元的赠款，用于建立制造和工程卓越中心。该中心合作伙伴MSU与5个技术或社区学院和一个国家高等教育区。 随着与K-12和行业建立伙伴关系的目标，存在一个独特的机会，利用该中心的工作这一建议。此外，包括几所大学、一所国际大学、NASA和一家小公司在内的许多外部实体将作为研究合作者参与这些项目。