Computation and visualization in pure and applied mathematics

纯数学和应用数学中的计算和可视化

• 批准号: 390011-2010
• 负责人: Doebeli, Michael
• 金额: $ 3.54万
• 依托单位: University of British Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2009-01-01 至 2010-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=443083
• 关键词: Computation; visualization; pure; applied; mathematics

The last decade has seen a sea change in the use of computational methods in mathematics. This is true both for applied mathematics, where computation has become an essential modeling tool in life sciences, physics, and engineering, as well as for pure mathematics, where computation has become increasingly important for studying partial differential equations or complex geometric and abstract objects. The computational facilities in the Math Department at UBC have not been updated in line with these developments, and are now lacking far behind the minimum standards for a department of this size and national importance. Therefore, we propose to both upgrade our servers used for centralized computational tasks such as large algorithms and visualization, as well as acquire individual workstations for smaller computational tasks. Our graduate students will be the main beneficiaries of this upgrade. Computational skills are highly desirable in today's job market, and the equipment requested in this application would support this kind of training, which requires more computational resources than the department currently has.

在过去的十年里，数学中计算方法的使用发生了翻天覆地的变化。这是真实的应用数学，计算已成为一个重要的建模工具，在生命科学，物理学和工程，以及纯数学，计算已成为越来越重要的研究偏微分方程或复杂的几何和抽象的对象。UBC数学系的计算设施没有根据这些发展进行更新，现在远远落后于这种规模和国家重要性的部门的最低标准。因此，我们建议升级用于集中计算任务（如大型算法和可视化）的服务器，并为较小的计算任务购买单独的工作站。我们的研究生将是这一升级的主要受益者。计算技能在当今的就业市场上非常受欢迎，本申请中要求的设备将支持这种培训，这需要比部门目前拥有的更多的计算资源。