MRI: Developing a High Performance Computing Center Through Acquisition of a PC Cluster for Cross-Disciplinary Research and Education

该项目获得了一个高性能PC集群，将使先进的计算技术应用于各种学科，重点是与德克萨斯州南部的环境和经济相关的环境学科。该集群旨在支持以下项目：综合风车和公用事业系统模拟、连接和编织电活性聚合物的建模/模拟、天然气水合物的蒙特卡罗和分子动力学模拟、地下微生物竞争建模、胶体和污染物耦合运输建模、基于gis的洪水和风暴潮模拟与灾害评估、空气质量预报、比例指标估算精度的仪器与测量研究、基于仿真的遗传算法在随机路径选择和时变需求网络中的动态信号控制优化研究等。这些应用和将采用的一般计算方法已经计划好了。该系统设计包括一个基于千兆以太网的互连和128个处理器，带有2gb的本地存储器，连接到1.2 TByte的存储区域网络。管理将包括一个咨询委员会和一个管理委员会。TAMUK提供电源/环境支持和系统管理员人员。

This project, acquiring a high-performance PC cluster, will enable computationally aggressive techniques to be applied in a variety of disciplines, with a focus on environmental disciplines that relate to the environment and economy of south Texas. This cluster is designed to support the following projects:Integrated windmill and utility system simulation, Modeling/simulation of linked and braided electroactive polymers, Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulations of gas hydrates, Modeling subsurface microbial competition,Modeling coupled transport of colloids and contaminants, and their biological effects in river systems,Decision support tools to estimate groundwater availability,Modeling flow and transport of contaminants,GIS-based flood and storm surge simulation and damage assessment,Air quality forecasting,Instrument and measurement research on estimate precision using ratio indicator, andUsing simulation-based genetic algorithms for dynamic signal control optimization in networks with stochastic route choice and time-variant demand.These applications and the general computational methods to be employed have been planned. The system design includes a gigabit-ethernet-based interconnect and 128 processors with 2 GBytes of local memory, connected to a 1.2 TByte storage-area network. Management will include an Advisory Board and a Management Board. TAMUK is providing power/environmental support and system administrator personnel.