MRI: Acquisition of High Performance Multiprocessors for Computational Research in Sciences and Engineering

该合同将允许获得一个顶级的多处理器计算设备，以支持堪萨斯大学（KU）在科学和工程领域的广泛前沿计算研究。这个计划中的设施是对现有设施的升级，将成为堪萨斯大学高级科学计算中心（CASC）的一部分。该设施将由一名系统经理管理，并由一群经验丰富的技术人员提供技术支持。超级计算指导委员会将由PI、co -PI和机构代表组成，负责确定系统资源分配和制定设施扩展政策，以适应新的计算研究项目。该设施将作为专用于高性能超级计算的多学科计算平台。它将被参与的教师和他们的学生团体（来自物理科学、生物科学、数学和工程等12个不同学科）使用，他们对提供大内存和高并行性的最先进的超级计算设施有强烈的需求。研究项目可分为四个主要领域，每个领域都与国家目标有关：(a)科学与工程中的计算力学（Cravens, Bishop, Lan, Roddis, Surana, Tucker）， (b)先进数值算法的发展和科学应用（Byers, Chu, Huang, Kong, Leimkuhler）， (c)非线性动力学和混沌（Chu, Gavosto, Lai, Lan, Shi），以及(d)大分子，新材料和生物科学的模拟（Hanzlik, Kuczera, Laird, Prum, Takusagawa, Torres）。

PROJECT SUMMARYThis award will permit the acquisition of a top-of-the-line multiprocessor computing facility to support a broad range of cutting-edge computational researches in sciences and engineering at the University of Kansas (KU). This planned facility is an upgrade of the current facility and will be a part of the Center for Advanced Scientific Computing (CASC) at KU.The facility will be managed by a system manager, with technical support provided by a group of highly experienced technical personnel. A Supercomputing Steering Committee consisting of the PI, Co-PIs, and institutional representatives will be responsible for determining system resource allocations and establishing a facility expansion policy for accommodating new computational research projects.The facility will serve as a multidisciplinary computing platform dedicated to high-performance supercomputing. It will be used by the participating faculty and their student groups (from 12 different disciplines in physical sciences, biosciences, mathematics, and engineering), who have strong needs for a state-of-the-art supercomputing facility that provides both a large memory and a high level of parallelism. The research projects can be grouped into four major areas, each with relevance to national goals: (a) computational mechanics in sciences and engineering (Cravens, Bishop, Lan, Roddis, Surana, Tucker), (b) development and scientific applications of advanced numerical algorithms (Byers, Chu, Huang, Kong, Leimkuhler), (c) nonlinear dynamics and chaos (Chu, Gavosto, Lai, Lan, Shi), and (d) simulations of macromolecules, novel material, and biosciences (Hanzlik, Kuczera, Laird, Prum, Takusagawa, Torres).