Effective Use of Parallel Computing

华盛顿大学这个项目的主题是并行计算。该合同将帮助提供设备、维护和支持人员，以加强现有的实验计算机研究设施，以协调和促进并行计算领域的工作。该系在计算机科学的六个不同领域拥有公认的优势：计算机体系结构、性能分析、图像分析和图形、编程环境、计算机系统和计算理论。在每个小组中，将进行重要的研究，如果没有基础设施的支持，这些研究是不可能进行的。这项工作将利用一个共享内存多处理器、一个网络多处理器和一些工作站，以及从工业来源和以前的NSF资助中获得的其他设备。除了提供设施以允许在上述每个领域扩展以前的贡献之外，预计在全面了解和有效使用并行计算方面将取得重大进展。

The theme of this project at the University of Washington is parallel computing. The award will aid in providing equipment, maintenance and support staff to enhance the existing experimental computer research facility in order to coordinate and stimulate work in the area of parallel computing. The Department has groups with recognized strengths in six distinct areas of computer science: computer architecture, performance analysis, image analysis and graphics, programming environments, computer systems and theory of computation. In each of these groups, significant research will be undertaken that would not be possible without the Infrastructure support. The work will utilize a shared-memory multiprocessor, a networked multiprocessor and a number of workstations to be acquired under the grant as well as other pieces of equipment acquired from both industrial sources and from previous NSF grants. In addition to providing facilities to allow extensions of the previous contributions in each of the areas noted above, it is expected that major steps forward will be made in the overall understanding and effective use of parallel computing.