A Metacenter Regional Alliance for Computational Science Collaborations with Historically Black Colleges and Universities

小行星9523470 目前，很少有来自历史悠久的黑人学院和大学（HBCU）的研究人员能够有效地将高性能计算（HPC）技术纳入他们的研究。 计算科学联合研究所（JICS）是田纳西大学（UT）和橡树岭国家实验室（ORNL）之间的一个联盟，旨在通过培训，实践经验以及HBCU研究人员与计算科学家和应用研究人员之间的长期合作关系来弥补这一不足。 这一目标将通过在UT建立Metacenter区域联盟（MRA）来实现，以使JICS能够将超级计算支持扩展到美国东南部的HBCU。 最初，四个HBCU将参加MRA计划的活动：田纳西州州立大学和田纳西州纳什维尔的梅哈里医学院，亚拉巴马州的亚拉巴马州的A M和路易斯安那州的巴吞鲁日的南方大学。 将从这四个机构中选出大约12名个人参加夏季计算研讨会，目标是：提供使用HPC资源的基本指导，特别是通过PVM连接的并行计算机和工作站集群;开始开发应用程序代码，并通过与JICS员工进行一对一和小组协商，将其移植到HPC，并与UT，ORNL以及JICS和NSF Metacenter附属的其他机构的共同兴趣的研究人员开展合作。 促进与HBCU的远程协作和互动的设备将用于保持参与研究人员与MRA人员之间的通信。

9523470 Leuze Currently few researchers from historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) are able to effectively incorporate high performance computing (HPC) technology into their research. The Joint Institute for Computational Sciences (JICS), a consortium between the University of Tennessee (UT) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), seeks to remedy this lack through training, hands-on experience, and long term collaborative relations between HBCU researchers, and computational scientists and applications researchers. This goal will be met by the establishment of a Metacenter Regional Alliance (MRA) at UT to enable JICS to extend supercomputing support to HBCUs within the southeastern United States. Initially, four HBCUs will participate in the MRA's planned activities: Tennessee State University and Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, Alabama A&M in Normal, Alabama, and Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Approximately twelve individuals from these four institutions will be selected to participate in Summer Computational Workshops, with the goals: To provide basic instruction in the use of HPC resources, particularly parallel computers and clusters of workstations linked via PVM; to begin developing and porting application codes to HPC through one-on-one and small group consultations with JICS staff, and to initiate collaborations with researchers with common interests at UT, ORNL, and other institutions affiliated with JICS and the NSF Metacenter. Equipment to facilitate remote collaboration and interaction with HBCUs will be used to maintain communications between participating researchers and MRA personnel.