MRI-R2: Acquisition of a Data Intensive Supercomputer for Innovative and Transformative Research in Science and Engineering

该奖项由2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助。该主要研究仪器-恢复和再投资（MRI-R2）奖资助布法罗大学的数据密集型超级计算机（DISC）的收购。这台超级计算机为参与各种创新研究和教育活动的约250名直接用户提供了变革性的计算和数据处理能力。 大量的计算能力，大内存和快速存储被用来推进全国45个研究小组的直接科学目标。DISC支持的研究范围可以分为三大主题：（i）数据密集型计算，集群和数据挖掘;（ii）模拟分析;以及（iii）通过数据分析进行的新型实时模拟。一个充满活力的多学科社区围绕着新的超级计算基础设施而建立。 利用新系统的课程，教程和研讨会旨在吸引当地西部纽约地区和全国范围内的本科生，毕业生，博士后研究员，科学家和教师。该项目团队在成功管理以高性能计算为中心的教育和推广计划方面有着悠久的历史。许多现有的教育计划受到这次收购的影响，包括：布法罗地区少数民族工程意识（BEAM）丰富计划，埃里克皮特曼年度夏季研讨会在计算科学，和布法罗的“市长的下一代科学家计划。“新设备所实现的研究结果通过学生和教师在区域和国家会议上的演讲以及通过在同行评审期刊上的出版来传播。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of2009 (Public Law 111-5).This Major Research Instrumentation-Recovery and Reinvestment (MRI-R2) award funds the acquisition of Data Intensive Supercomputer (DISC) at the University of Buffalo. The supercomputer provides transformative computing and data processing capability to approximately 250 immediate users involved in a wide range of innovative research and education activities. The substantial compute power, large memory, and fast storage is utilized to advance the immediate scientific goals of over 45 research groups throughout the Nation. The spectrum of research enabled by DISC can be classified into three broad themes: (i) data intensive computing, clustering, and datamining; (ii) simulation analytics, and (iii) the novel real-time simulation by data analytics. A vibrant multidisciplinary community is built around the new supercomputing infrastructure. Classes, tutorials, and workshops utilizing the new system are designed to engage undergraduates, graduates, postdoctoral fellows, scientists, and faculty within the local western New York area and nationally. The project team has a long history of successfully administering educational and outreach programs centered around high-performance computing. Many existing educational programs are impacted by this acquisition including: the Buffalo-area Engineering Awareness for Minorities (BEAM) enrichment program, the Eric Pitman Annual Summer Workshop in Computational Science, and Buffalo's "Mayor's Next Generation Scientists Program." Results from the studies enabled by the new equipment are disseminated by student and faculty presentations at regional and national meetings, and through publication in peer-reviewed journals.