Purchase of a High Resolution Graphics System for Three-Dimensional Visualization

这项来自化学研究仪器和设施(CRIF)计划的奖项将帮助哥伦比亚大学化学系获得用于3-D可视化的高分辨率图形系统。该设备将加强多个领域的研究，包括多肽和蛋白质结构的可视化、量子化学波函数和电子密度、经典静电场以及聚合物和稠密流体的分子动力学模拟。由快速、现代化的计算机工作站组成的工作站网络是满足化工部门计算需求的一种新途径。这种“计算机网络”还作为新的理论代码和算法的开发环境，提供最先进的图形和可视化设施，并支持对最先进的并行处理应用程序的研究。

This award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) Program will assist the Department of Chemistry at Columbia University to acquire a high resolution graphics system for 3-D visualization. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas that include visualization of peptide and protein structures, quantum chemical wavefunctions and electron densities, classical electrostatic fields, and molecular dynamics simulations of polymers and dense fluids. A workstation network of fast , modern computer workstations is a new way to satisfy the computing needs of chemistry departments. Such a `computer network` also serves as a development environment for new theoretical codes and algorithms, provides state-of-art graphics and visualization facilities, and supports research in state-of-the-art applications of parallel processing.