MRI: Developing a High Performance Computing Center Through Acquisition of a PC Cluster for Cross-Disciplinary Research and Education

这个获得高性能个人电脑集群的项目将使计算激进的技术应用于各种学科，重点是与南得克萨斯州的环境和经济相关的环境学科。该群组旨在支持以下项目：综合风车和公用事业系统模拟，连接和编织的电活性聚合物的模拟/模拟，气体水合物的蒙特卡罗和分子动力学模拟，地下微生物竞争模拟，胶体和污染物的耦合传输及其在河流系统中的生物效应模拟，估计地下水可用性的决策支持工具，污染物流动和传输的模拟，基于地理信息系统的洪水和风暴潮模拟和损害评估，空气质量预报，使用比率指标估计精度的仪器和测量研究，并将基于模拟的遗传算法用于随机路径选择和时变需求网络中的动态信号控制优化，这些应用和将要采用的一般计算方法已经被规划。该系统设计包括一个基于千兆以太网的互连和128个带有2 GB本地内存的处理器，连接到一个1.2 TB的存储区域网络。管理层将包括一个咨询委员会和一个管理委员会。TAMUK提供电力/环境支持和系统管理员人员。

This project, acquiring a high-performance PC cluster, will enable computationally aggressive techniques to be applied in a variety of disciplines, with a focus on environmental disciplines that relate to the environment and economy of south Texas. This cluster is designed to support the following projects:Integrated windmill and utility system simulation, Modeling/simulation of linked and braided electroactive polymers, Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulations of gas hydrates, Modeling subsurface microbial competition,Modeling coupled transport of colloids and contaminants, and their biological effects in river systems,Decision support tools to estimate groundwater availability,Modeling flow and transport of contaminants,GIS-based flood and storm surge simulation and damage assessment,Air quality forecasting,Instrument and measurement research on estimate precision using ratio indicator, andUsing simulation-based genetic algorithms for dynamic signal control optimization in networks with stochastic route choice and time-variant demand.These applications and the general computational methods to be employed have been planned. The system design includes a gigabit-ethernet-based interconnect and 128 processors with 2 GBytes of local memory, connected to a 1.2 TByte storage-area network. Management will include an Advisory Board and a Management Board. TAMUK is providing power/environmental support and system administrator personnel.