Final Design Planning for the Leadership-Class Computing Facility

在过去的几十年里，美国国家科学基金会在使用基于计算的方法实现科学与工程(S&E)研究转型方面发挥了核心作用，不仅作为S&E的所有开创性研究的领先资助者，也作为国家先进的研究计算生态系统的资助者。领先级计算设施项目是美国国家科学基金会广泛的整体先进计算战略的一部分，该战略旨在提供独特的资源和服务，以实现在S公司最大、计算密集度最高的前沿领域的发现，否则这些前沿领域将无法取得进展。NSF对LCCF的管理利用了数十年的领导能力和经验，为S&E研究的整个社区提供变革性的网络基础设施(CI)。该奖项支持LCCF的最终设计(FD)阶段的设计活动。LCCF被设想为一个先进的分布式领导计算设施，将成为世界级计算能力的纽带。该设施的组成部分将是提供支持科学发现企业继续转型的软件和服务，以及广泛的合作伙伴关系，这些伙伴关系将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外展计划，为我们的国家培养和培养未来的S和E；E劳动力。在FD期间，LCCF的规划将由研究界指导，以确保其对S和恩智浦的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。该项目还将就设施建设的技术、供应商和性能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智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

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.