UC-HIPACC 2010 Astro-Computing Summer School on Galaxy Simulations

primackuc - hipacc 2010天文计算暑期学校在银河系模拟；7 - 8月2010;新成立的加州大学高性能天文计算中心（UC-HIPACC）的天文计算暑期学校将帮助培训下一代研究人员如何运行和分析星系形成和演化的模拟，以及更广泛地如何利用当前和未来几代超级计算机的能力。所有领先的星系模拟代码的讲座将给出，在大多数情况下，由世界领先的专家，包括这些代码的作者和主要用户。学生群体将包括大约60名世界上最聪明、准备最充分的研究生和博士后，他们正在研究星系的起源和演化，包括理论家和观察者。代码和示例输出将提供给所有学生，以及圣地亚哥超级计算机中心的一台新超级计算机上的帐户，以便他们可以练习运行模拟和分析输出。在学校期间，学生将有充足的机会与讲师互动，并相互交流。我们正处于计算机辅助发现革命的早期阶段，模拟越来越逼真，操纵和从大量数据集中提取隐藏含义的能力越来越强。天体物理学的进步是观测和理论结合的结果，随着计算机能力的提高和代码的改进，模拟和数据处理发挥着越来越重要的作用。我们必须使天体物理学家能够有效地使用新的超级计算机，既可以通过模拟来理解天体物理过程，也可以分析从新的望远镜和超级计算机中产生的pb级甚至eb级的数据。通过像这个暑期学校这样的项目来培养新一代的研究人员将在这一努力中发挥重要作用。

AST-1040948PrimackUC-HIPACC 2010 Astro-Computing Summer School on Galaxy Simulations; July-August 2010; University of California-Santa CruzThe Astro-Computing Summer School on Galaxy Simulations at the new University of California High-Performance Astro-Computing Center (UC-HIPACC) will help to train the next generation of researchers in how to run and analyze simulations of galaxy formation and evolution, and more generally how to exploit the power of current and coming generations of supercomputers. Lectures on all the leading galaxy simulation codes will be given, in most cases by the leading experts in the world, including the authors and main users of these codes. The student body will comprise about 60 of the brightest and best-prepared graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the world who are working on understanding the origin and evolution of galaxies, including both theorists and observers. Codes and sample outputs will be provided to all the students, along with accounts on a new supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center so that they can practice running simulations and analyzing outputs. Ample opportunities will be provided during the school for student interaction with the lecturers and with each other.We are at the early stages of a revolution in computer-aided discovery, with ever-more-realistic simulations and an increasing ability to manipulate, and extract hidden meanings from, enormous datasets. Advances in astrophysics result from a combination of observation and theory, with simulations and data manipulation playing an increasingly important role as computer power increases and codes improve. We must empower astrophysicists to use the new supercomputers efficiently, both to understand astrophysical processes through simulation and to analyze the petabytes and soon exabytes of data that will flow from new telescopes and supercomputers. Educating a new generation of researchers through programs such as this summer school will play an essential role in this effort.