Workshop on the Role of the NSF Supercomputer Centers in the National High Performance Computing Effort to be held March 7-8, 1992 in Houston, TX

鉴于科学计算领域的快速变化， 联邦高性能计算和通信多 机构计划，重要的是要审查未来的方向， 美国国家科学基金会超级计算机中心计划，其组织 结构及其在国家全面努力中的作用 性能计算 项目咨询委员会（PAC） 高级科学计算司将举办一次讲习班， 1992年3月7日至8日，向NSF提供了广泛的- 根据该领域专家的意见， 这些文件将作为报告的基础。 议题 研讨会的讨论内容包括： 1)访问：中心计划的主要功能是提供 使用最先进的计算设施， 国家研究界。 需要哪些设施 未来几年。 2)基础设施发展：中心应发挥什么作用 人类和计算机基础设施的发展？ 3)催化和技术转让： 与高性能计算机行业相关的中心 和工业用户社区？ 4)过程：是否需要改变中心的结构 程序？ 应如何审查和更新？ 应该是什么 中心计划与其他高 美国国家科学基金会、其他联邦 政府和州政府？

Given the rapid changes taking place in scientific computing and the Federal High-Performance Computing and Communications multi- agency program, it is important to examine future directions for the NSF Supercomputer Centers Programs, its organizational structure and its role in the overall national effort in high performance computing. The Program Advisory Committee (PAC) of the Division of Advanced Scientific Computing will convene a workshop on this subject on March 7-8 1992, to provide NSF with broadly- based input from experts in the field, and to prepare position papers which will serve as the basis for the report. Topics for discussion at this workshop will be: 1) Access: The major function of the Centers Program is to provide access to state of the art computational facilities for the national research community. What facilities will be needed in the coming years. 2) Infrastructure development: What should be role of the Centers in developing human and computational infrastructure? 3) Catalysis and technology transfer: What should be the role of the Centers in relation to the high performance computer industry and the industrial user community? 4) Process: Are changes needed in the structure of the Centers Program? How should it be reviewed and renewed? What should be the relationship between the Centers Program and other high performance computing programs supported by the NSF, other federal agencies and state government?