Scientific Computing Research Environments for the Mathematical Sciences - SCREMS

巴尔的摩县马里兰大学(UMBC)数学和统计系将购买一台分布式存储并行计算机，该计算机将致力于支持数学科学系的研究。主要调查人员打算购买一台处理器的Linux集群，该集群由32个双处理器计算节点组成，与高速Myrnet网络相连，并配备了大量使用RAID控制器的快速中央磁盘存储。所有研究人员都计划使用消息传递接口(MPI)来提供可移植的设备。该设备将用于多个研究项目，特别是包括半导体制造、量子化学、生物信息学、计算神经生物学和约束机械系统的应用领域。研究项目的统一是需要使用高效的并行计算来解决实际相关的问题。所涉及的研究领域是当前国家感兴趣的，涉及跨越这些学科的解决方法，并将在其他领域产生更有效的模拟技术。这台计算机还将在该系的教育使命、该大学的MARC U*STAR(少数族裔研究人员)计划中发挥作用，并通过让不同层次的学生参与科学计算的当代方法，在本科生活动中的主要研究经验中发挥作用。

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at theUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) willpurchase a distributed memory parallel computer whichwill be dedicated to the support of departmentalresearch in the mathematical sciences. The principalinvestigators intend to purchase a 64-processor Linuxcluster consisting of 32 dual-processor computationalnodes connected with a high-speed Myrinet network andequipped with a significant amount of fast central diskstorage using a RAID controller. All researchers planto use the Message Passing Interface (MPI) to providereliable portability.The equipment will be used for multiple research projects,including, in particular, the areas of applications insemiconductor manufacturing, quantum chemistry,bioinformatics, computational neurobiology, andconstrained mechanical systems. The research projects areunified by the need to use efficient parallel computingto enable the solution of practically relevant problems.The research areas addressed are of current nationalinterest and involve solution methodologies that cutacross these disciplines and will lead to more efficientsimulation techniques in other areas. The computer willalso play a role in the department's education mission,the university's MARC U*STAR (Minority Access to ResearchCareers) program, and in the principal investigators'Research Experiences for Undergraduates activities, byinvolving students at various levels in contemporarymethods in scientific computing.