Renovation of the Willis H. Booth Building for the Center for Advanced Computing Research

加州理工学院是学术研究基础设施项目的资金接受者，用于翻修1962年建造的威利斯·h·布斯大楼。该设施的现代化是形成一个新的多学科努力的关键一步，即高级计算研究中心（CACR）。加州理工学院并发超级计算设施（CCSF）将转变为CACR，将CCSF原来的重点从领先的并行计算转移到更强调进行多学科研究合作，以实现突破性的科学和工程计算。为了创造一个促进计算科学和工程研究进步的智力环境，物理空间需要现代化。该空间必须促进面对面和远程协作，并提供对大量先进计算通信和信息技术的访问。目前，中国科学基金会的工作人员和他们的研究合作者分散在展位楼和校园的其他建筑中。改造将在一个集中的位置巩固研究空间，促进研究人员和学生之间的互动。ARI的资金将用于改造地下室、一楼和二楼的内部结构，以创建网络空间，消除研究人员的物理位置和信息的障碍。网络空间是由计算机、网络、超媒体和多媒体技术创建的环境，提供对定位和远程信息和数据来源的访问、仿真能力和仿真结果的实时可视化。此外，将更换机械和电气系统，并安装消防装置和网络基础设施。通过为多学科计算科学和工程活动提供一个校园范围内的焦点，展台大楼的翻新将通过创造一种氛围来促进更多应用科学家和工程师、计算机科学家和应用数学家的互动，从而加强研究。因此，该项目将把高性能计算、通信和多媒体技术的好处传播到科学和工程研究领域，同时培养新一代的计算科学家和工程师。

The California Institute of Technology is the recipient of funds from the Academic Research Infrastructure Program for the renovation of the Willis H. Booth Building, constructed in 1962. The modernization of the facility is a crucial step in forming a new multidisciplinary effort, the Center for Advanced Computing Research (CACR). The Caltech Concurrent Supercomputing Facilities (CCSF) will be transformed into the CACR, shifting the original emphasis of the CCSF from leading-edge parallel computing to a greater emphasis on conducting multidisciplinary research collaborations to achieve breakthrough scientific and engineering computations. In order to create an intellectual environment that stimulates advances in computational science and engineering research, the physical space requires modernization. The space must catalyze face to face and remote collaborations, and provide access to a host of advanced computing communication and information technologies. Presently, CCSF staff and their research collaborators are dispersed in both the Booth Building and other buildings on campus. The renovation will consolidate research space in a centralized location, fostering interaction among research personnel and students. ARI funds will be used to renovate the interior structure of the basement, first, and second floors to create cyberspaces that will eliminate barriers to the physical location of researchers and information. Cyberspaces are environments created by computers, networks, and hypermedia and multimedia technologies that provide access to located and remote sources of information and data, simulation capabilities, and real-time visualization of simulation results. In addition, mechanical and electrical systems will be replaced, and fire protection devices and network infrastructure will be installed. By providing a campus-wide focal point for multidisicplinary computational science and engineering activities, the renovation of the Booth Building will enhance research by creating an atmosphere that stimulates interactions involving additional application scientists and engineers, computer scientists, and applied mathematicians. Hence, the project will propagate the benefits of high-performance computing, communications, and multimedia technologies to scientific and engineering research areas while simultaneously creating new generations of computational scientists and engineers.