Computational Core Facility

计算核心设施

• 批准号: 6995176
• 负责人: Douglas Alan Baxter
• 金额: $ 39.49万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-07-01 至 2010-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6995176
• 关键词: biomedical facility; computational neuroscience

The overall goal of the Computational Neuroscience Core Facility is to provide the resources necessary for the Program Project to develop and analyze biologically meaningful models of neural function. To achieve this goal the Core provides: 1) computational resources such as high-performance computers, desktop workstations, centralized data storage and archieving, account management, programming expertise, printers, and plotters; 2) administrative support such as research assistance, clerical assistance and grants management; and 3) scientific consultation by forming an External Scientific Advisory Committee (ESAC) and by sponsoring visits by leading neuroscientist who serve as consultants to the individual research Projects. In addition, the Core facilitates collaborations among the research Projects, in part, by sharing data and technology among the Projects. In the proposed funding period, the Core will implement a two-year program for establishing a 32-node 'Beowulf' cluster (high performance computing cluster, HPCC). The HPCC will increase the computational capabilities of the Core from 5 to 200 GFLOPS (2x10[9] Floating-point Operations per Second), and will substantially reducing operating costs. To help ensure that the Project Leaders, research fellows and graduate students remain at the cutting edge of computational neuroscience, the Core will invite leaders in the field to visit and consult with members of the Program Project. For example, Drs. Bruce McNaughton and John Tyson have agreed to visit during Year 1 of the proposed funding period. In addition, the Core has assembled an ESAC whose members include Drs. Daniel Johnston, Eve Marder, John Rinzel and Terrence Sejnowski. The ESAC will provide annual reviews of the Program Project as well as: 1) advise us on the direction and scope of our work; 2) advise us on training our graduate students and research fellows; and 3) discuss their work and its implications for improving our studies. This combination of state-of-the-art computational resources, personnel resources, and scholarly environment has proven to be effective in producing high quality computational studies of neural function and for providing the best training possible for our graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.

计算神经科学核心设施的总体目标是为程序项目提供开发和分析神经功能的生物学有意义的模型所需的资源。为了实现此目标，核心提供：1）计算资源，例如高性能计算机，台式机工作站，集中数据存储和追溯，帐户管理，编程专业知识，打印机和绘图器； 2）行政支持，例如研究援助，文书援助和赠款管理； 3）科学咨询，通过成立外部科学咨询委员会（ESAC）以及由领先的神经科学家赞助的访问，他们是个人研究项目的顾问。此外，核心通过在项目之间共享数据和技术来促进研究项目之间的合作。在拟议的资金期间，核心将实施为期两年的计划，以建立一个32节点的“ beowulf”群集（高性能计算集群，HPCC）。 HPCC将将核心的计算能力从5增加到200 GFLOPS（每秒2x10 [9]浮点操作），并将大大降低运营成本。为了帮助确保项目负责人，研究研究员和研究生保持计算神经科学的最前沿，核心将邀请该领域的领导者参观和咨询该计划项目的成员。例如，博士。布鲁斯·麦克诺顿（Bruce McNaughton）和约翰·泰森（John Tyson）已同意在拟议的资金的第一年访问 时期。此外，核心还组装了一个ESAC，其成员包括Drs。 Daniel Johnston，Eve Marder，John Rinzel和Terrence Sejnowski。 ESAC将对该计划项目的年度评论以及：1）就我们的工作的指导和范围提供建议； 2）建议我们培训研究生和研究研究员； 3）讨论他们的工作及其对改善我们的研究的影响。事实证明，最先进的计算资源，人事资源和学术环境的结合可以有效地对神经功能进行高质量的计算研究，并为我们的研究生和博士后研究员提供最佳的培训。