Acquisition of Scientific Computing Equipment: Enhancing Research in Applied Mathematics and Computation

摘要：Peter K. moore南卫理公会大学数学系将购买一台SGI Altix 350 4处理器，64GB RAM；Rocketcalc PC集群，32个至强处理器，每个处理器2gb RAM， Infiniband 10gbps交换机；具有6 GB RAM的SGI Tezro图形工作站；APC 3000VA智能ups 1台；APC 1500VA Smart-UPS 1台；8和32包MATLAB许可证；每个都有新的分布式计算工具箱；以及图形软件包AVS和Tecplot 10。有了这个设备，我们将进一步了解：液-汽和固-液界面的机理；空间和生理结构的生物系统；Navier-Stokes （NS）和磁流体动力学（MHD）方程的湍流模型；以及材料的烧结和开槽。它还将允许开发通用算法，包括：多相，多组分多孔介质流，两点边值问题和高频散射问题的并行算法；将自适应有限元方法推广到反应扩散系统稳态和时变行为的分岔分析中。一个新的课程将创建，以训练学生在并行计算建立围绕一个8处理器集群和MATLAB与分布式计算工具箱。

0520428Abstract: Peter K. MooreThe Department of Mathematics at Southern Methodist University will purchase: a SGI Altix 350 with 4 processors and 64GB RAM; a Rocketcalc PC cluster with 32 Xeon processors each with 2 GB RAM, and Infiniband 10 Gbps switch; a SGI Tezro Graphics workstation with 6 GB RAM; one APC 3000VA Smart-UPS; one APC 1500VA Smart-UPS; and 8 and a 32 pack MATLAB license; each with the new distributed computing toolbox; and the graphics packages AVS and Tecplot 10.With this equipment advances will be made in understanding: mechanisms of liquid-vapor and solid-liquid interfaces; spatially- and physiologically-structured biological systems; turbulence models for the Navier-Stokes (NS) and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations; and sintering and grooving of materials. It will also permit the development of general purpose algorithms including: parallel algorithms for multiphase, multicomponent porous media flow, two-point boundary value problems, and high-frequency scattering problems; and extension of adaptive finite element methods to bifurcation analysis of steady-state and time-dependent behavior of reaction-diffusion systems. A new course will be created to train students in parallel computation built around an 8-processor cluster and MATLAB with the distributed computing toolbox.