Computer Workstation for Investigations of the Geomagnetic Field and Core Dynamics

这项奖励提供了购买SUN-4计算机工作站所需资金的一半，该工作站将在哈佛大学地球和行星科学系安装和运行。该工作站将提供本地计算资源，以及访问和处理来自普林斯顿和伊利诺伊州NSF超级计算机中心的结果的手段。该部的研究项目将依赖于该工作站，包括调查地核和最低地幔的动力学以及在地核产生磁场的过程。这项研究涉及对复杂自然现象的模拟，并且非常需要计算机。

This award provides one half of the funds required to purchase a SUN-4 computer workstation to be installed and operated in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University. The workstation will provide both local computational resources and a means to access and process results from the NSF supercomputer centers at Princeton and Illinois. The Department's research projects that will depend on the workstation include investigations into the dynamics of the Earth's core and lowermost mantle as well as the processes of magnetic field generation in the core. The research involves simulations of complex natural phenomena and is very computer-intensive.