MRI: Acquisition of a High Performance Compute Cluster for Multidisciplinary Research

根据这一重大研究仪器 (MRI) 项目，俄克拉荷马州立大学高性能计算中心 (OSUHPCC) 将采购、部署和维护一台名为 Cowboy 的 HPC 集群超级计算机，该计算机将支持跨各种科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 学科的计算密集型研究和研究培训。作为校园范围内的共享资源，Cowboy 不仅可供俄克拉荷马州立大学的所有教职员工、博士后、研究生和本科生使用，还可供俄克拉荷马州各地的研究人员使用。拟议的系统将通过合作研究团队来促进计算和数据支持的科学与工程 (CDESE) 研究的许多领域，根据迄今为止的经验，预计用户数量每 12 个月就会翻一番。项目包括：颗粒材料力学和核包覆材料的断裂模拟；发现犬髋关节发育不良的基因；提高多核系统的每瓦性能；成年和胚胎鼠干细胞系中测定事件的转录谱；基因组学、宏基因组学和蛋白质组学方法破译宿主-病原体相互作用、复杂碳水化合物代谢和纤维素生物能；模拟地球物理流体；计算化学；纳米结构材料的模拟；碳纳米管生长的模拟；模拟气相和凝聚相材料；地表地质地震特征；计算优化；最佳差错控制编码和压缩感知技术；电荷、自旋和热传输；菊科的分子系统发育；禾本科（Poaceae）和芥菜（Brassicaceae）形态多样化和驯化的进化遗传学；强大的电磁场测试；极端微生物红藻 Galdieria sulfuraria 的系统发育分析；将数据整合到不断发展的社交网络中；交换代数中的计算和组合方法；与非栽培和栽培植物相关的微生物；调强放射治疗计划软件；和马利筋（马利筋、夹竹桃科）的系统发育组学。俄克拉荷马州的用户来自 24 所机构，其中包括俄克拉荷马州 13 所公立大学中的 11 所。俄克拉荷马州超级计算研讨会（MRI PI Brunson 担任 2011 年会议联合主席）是唯一每年在 EPSCoR 辖区举办的此类活动，8 年来吸引了来自 24 个州和波多黎各 92 个学术机构（其中 33 个在俄克拉荷马州，26 个在其他 12 个 EPSCoR 辖区）、97 家私营公司、31 个政府机构和 14 家学术机构的 2000 多名与会者。非营利组织。 该项目包括七名女性高级人员，她们作为榜样，激发了人们对计算科学和工程的兴趣和兴奋。该项目还包括俄克拉荷马州唯一一所历史黑人大学兰斯顿大学的两名研究人员的参与。研究项目包括 80 名研究生和 29 名本科生，其中包括 29 名女性、一名非裔美国人、三名美洲原住民和三名西班牙裔美国人。

Under this Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) project, Oklahoma State University High Performance Computing Center (OSUHPCC) will acquire, deploy and maintain an HPC cluster supercomputer, to be named Cowboy, that will support computing-intensive research and research training across a broad variety of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines. As a campus-wide shared resource, Cowboy will be available not only to all of OSU's faculty, staff, postdocs, graduate students and undergraduates, but to researchers across Oklahoma.Many areas of Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (CDESE) research will be facilitated by the proposed system by collaborating research teams with an expected doubling of the number of users every 12 months based on experience to date. Projects include: mechanics of granular materials and fracture simulations in nuclear clad materials; discovery genes for canine hip dysplasia; improvements to performance per Watt of many-core systems; transcriptional profiling of determination events in adult and embryonic murine stem cell lines; genomic, metagenomic and proteomic approaches to decipher host- pathogen interactions, complex carbohydrate metabolism and cellulosic bioenergy; modeling geophysical fluids; computational chemistry; simulations of nanostructured materials; simulation of the growth of carbon nanotubes; simulating gas-phase and condensed-phase materials; seismic characterization of surface geology; computational optimization; optimal error-control coding and compressive sensing techniques; charge, spin and heat transport; molecular phylogeny of the Asteraceae; evolutionary genetics of morphological diversification and domestication in grasses (Poaceae) and mustards (Brassicaceae); robust electromagnetic field testing; phylogenomic analyses of the extremophile red alga Galdieria sulphuraria; integrating data in evolving social networks; computational and combinatorial methods in commutative algebra; microbes associated with non-cultivated and cultivated plants; intensity-modulated radiation therapy planning software; and phylogenomics of milkweeds (Asclepias, Apocynaceae). Oklahoma users are at 24 institutions, including 11 of Oklahoma's 13 public universities. The Oklahoma Supercomputing Symposium (MRI PI Brunson is 2011 Conference Co-Chair), the only event of its kind held annually in an EPSCoR jurisdiction, in 8 years has had over 2000 attendees from 92 academic institutions in 24 states and Puerto Rico (including 33 in Oklahoma and 26 in 12 other EPSCoR jurisdictions), 97 private companies, 31 government agencies and 14 nonprofits. This project includes seven women senior personnel who serve as role models and are creating interest and excitement about computational science and engineering. This project also includes participation of two researchers at Langston University, Oklahoma's sole Historically Black University. Research projects include 80 graduate students and 29 undergraduates, including 29 women, an African American, three Native Americans and three Hispanics.