MRI: Acquisition of an Interdisciplinary Facility for High-Performance Computing

提案编号：CNS 08- 21258 PI：Gobbert，Matthias K.; desJarding，玛丽E.; Olano，托马斯M.; Rheingans，Penny; Sparling，Lynn机构：马里兰州-巴尔的摩县大学 巴尔的摩，MD 21250- 0002标题： MRI/采集： 获取该项目旨在创建一个具有多个节点和最先进的InfiniBand互连的高性能计算集群，旨在形成高性能计算的中心资源，致力于支持整个校园的跨学科研究和培训。该集群支持23名研究人员和10个部门和中心，为培养对计算科学感兴趣的跨学科研究人员的新兴社区提供了机会。该设施使科学问题的解决方案比目前可能的大几个数量级。该项目汇集了来自计算机科学，数学，物理，生物，统计，经济和工程（电气，机械，土木和环境）的研究人员。在地球科学方面，这项研究有助于减少关于切萨皮克湾流域水质的政策决定的不确定性，允许分析TB级数据集，以了解气候变化及其自然人为起源，并提供对飓风强度可预测性的见解。在工程方面，该研究有助于评估通信系统中短脉冲激光系统的可靠性。生物医学研究试图建立蛋白质结构与疾病之间的联系，以及生物材料设计的方向。大地测量学和地磁数据同化的应用提高了对地球的认识？的引力场和地球内部的基本过程？的核心。复杂系统可视化的基础研究、高效并行算法的开发以及图形硬件在科学计算中的应用都具有广泛的实际应用。更广泛的影响：改善研究合作，仪器应导致科学和技术进步，对所有用户的教育和研究培训产生深刻影响，并有助于劳动力培训。此外，增加合作和沟通，使它更容易涉及本科生和代表性不足的群体在该地区在这个本科生和少数民族服务机构。

Proposal #: CNS 08-21258PI(s): Gobbert, Matthias K.; desJarding, Marie E.; Olano, Thomas M.; Rheingans, Penny; Sparling, LynnInstitution: University of Maryland - Baltimore County Baltimore, MD 21250-0002Title: MRI/Acq.: Acq. of an Interdisciplinary Facility for High-Performance ComputingProject Proposed:This project, creating a high-performance computing cluster with many nodes and a state-of-the-art InfiniBand interconnect, aims to form the central resource for high-performance computing dedicated to support interdisciplinary research and training across the entire campus. Supporting 23 researchers and ten departments and centers, the cluster provides an opportunity to foster an emerging community of interdisciplinary researchers interested in computational science. The facility enables the solutions of scientific problems several magnitudes larger than currently possible. The project brings together researchers from Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Statistics, Economics, and Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, and Environmental). In the earth sciences, the research helps to reduce uncertainty in policy decisions about water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, allows analysis of terabyte-scale data sets for understanding climate change and its natural anthropogenic origins, and provides insights into the predictability of hurricane intensity. In Engineering, the research helps to assess the reliability of short-pulse laser systems in communication systems. Biomedical research tries to establish the links between protein structure and disease, and also directions in the design of biomaterials. Applications in geodesy and geomagnetic data assimilation improve understanding of the Earth?s gravitational field and basic processes within the Earth?s core. The basic research in visualization of complex systems, the development of efficient parallel algorithms, and the utilization of graphics hardware for scientific computing all have a broad range of practical applications.Broader Impacts:Improving research collaborations, the instrumentation should lead to scientific and technical advances, have deep impact in education and research training of all users, and contribute to workforce training. Moreover, the increased collaboration and communication makes it easier to involve undergraduates and underrepresented groups in the area in this undergraduate and minority-serving institution.