Final Design Planning for the Leadership-Class Computing Facility

领先级计算设施的最终设计规划

• 批准号: 2212090
• 负责人: Daniel Stanzione
• 金额: $ 350万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Austin
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-08-01 至 2025-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2212090&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Final; Design; Planning; Leadership; Class

Over the past decades, NSF has played a central role in enabling the transformation of Science and Engineering (S&E) research using computation-based methods, not only as a leading funder of pioneering research for all of S&E, but also as a funder of the nation’s advanced research computing ecosystem. The leadership-class computing facility (LCCF) project is part of NSF’s broad holistic advanced computing strategy that is intended to provide unique resources and services to enable discoveries in the largest and most computationally intensive S&E frontiers that could not advance otherwise. NSF’s stewardship of the LCCF draws on decades of leadership and experience in serving the full S&E research community with transformative cyberinfrastructure(CI). This award supports the design activities for the Final Design (FD) phase of the LCCF.The LCCF is envisioned as an advanced distributed leadership computing facility that will serve as a nexus for world-class computational capabilities. Integral to the facility will be the delivery of software and services that will support the continued transformation of the scientific discovery enterprise, as well as extensive partnerships that will leverage the nation’s collective expertise across the broader CI ecosystem. Importantly, the LCCF will have a comprehensive education and outreach plan that will foster and nurture the future S&E workforce for our nation. During FD, the LCCF planning will to be guided by the research community to ensure its broadest possible impact to S&E research. Furthermore, the project will continue to refine its project baseline definition and construction execution plan. These refinements will include a more detailed bottom-up scope, cost, schedule, and risk analysis to finalize the risk-adjusted Total Project Cost (TPC) and schedule for construction. The project will also make final decisions on the selection of technologies, vendors, and performance targets for the construction of the facility.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

在过去的几十年里，NSF在使用基于计算的方法实现科学和工程（SE）研究转型方面发挥了核心作用，不仅是所有SE开创性研究的主要资助者，而且还是国家先进研究计算生态系统的资助者。 领导级计算设施（LCCF）项目是NSF广泛的整体先进计算战略的一部分，旨在提供独特的资源和服务，以实现在最大、计算最密集的SE前沿领域的发现，否则这些领域无法取得进展。NSF对LCCF的管理借鉴了数十年的领导和经验，为整个S E研究社区提供变革性的网络基础设施（CI）。 该奖项支持LCCF最终设计（FD）阶段的设计活动。LCCF被设想为先进的分布式领导力计算设施，将作为世界级计算能力的纽带。该设施的组成部分将是提供软件和服务，以支持科学发现企业的持续转型，以及广泛的合作伙伴关系，以利用国家在更广泛的CI生态系统中的集体专业知识。 重要的是，LCCF将有一个全面的教育和推广计划，将促进和培养我们国家未来的S E劳动力。在FD期间，LCCF规划将由研究界指导，以确保其对SE研究产生最广泛的影响。此外，该项目将继续完善其项目基线定义和施工执行计划。这些改进将包括更详细的自下而上的范围，成本，进度和风险分析，以最终确定风险调整后的项目总成本（TPC）和施工进度。该项目还将对设施建设的技术、供应商和绩效目标的选择做出最终决定。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。