CRI: CRD Acquisition of a High-Performance Shared-Memory Computer for Biological and Medical Research in South Carolina

在过去的几十年里，计算科学使重要的发现成为可能。它在许多具有挑战性的科学和工程问题中发挥着越来越重要的作用。在南卡罗来纳大学克莱姆森分校、南卡罗来纳医科大学和该州的其他大学，存在着一个多元化的研究小组，从事生物、化学、医学成像、纳米技术和计算机科学领域的计算密集型高级研究项目。这些项目不仅依赖于新理论和算法的发展，而且还需要最先进的高性能计算设备。建议购置一台高性能共享内存计算机，作为改善南卡罗来纳大学高性能计算研究和教育基础设施的一种手段。这台计算机将由南卡罗来纳大学计算机科学与工程系操作和维护。除了支持这里详细介绍的项目外，这台机器还将提供给南卡罗来纳州其他研究机构的研究人员，他们的研究兴趣涉及生物和医学问题。拟议的共享内存计算机将大大提高多个研究小组的计算能力，使他们能够处理新的和更具挑战性的问题，特别是在生物和医学相关领域。它还将通过为学生提供新的研究机会，大大改善高性能计算领域的研究生和本科生培训。这台计算机还将作为南卡罗来纳州各研究所研究人员的全州资源。这台计算机将为推进生物信息学、计算生物学、医学研究和纳米技术等领域的研究提供资源。通过提供社区计算资源，它还将有助于促进在南卡罗来纳州有共同兴趣的研究人员之间的进一步合作。南卡罗来纳大学许多院系的教育工作者也可以使用这台共享内存机器。计算科学和高性能计算的教育将与几个领域（生物学、医学成像、化学工程等）的研究紧密结合，以充分利用这些设备。有了这个新的增加到我们现有的适度的计算设施，学生将提供更好地访问最新的高性能技术。

In previous decades, computational science has enabled important discoveries. It plays an increasingly important role in many challenging problems in science and engineering. At the University of South Carolina, Clemson, Medical University of South Carolina, and other universities in the state, there exists a diverse group of researchers engaged in computationally intensive advanced research projects in biology, chemistry, medical imaging, nanotechnology, and computer science. These projects depend not only on the development of new sets of theories and algorithms, but also require the availability of state-of-the-art high performance computing facilities. The acquisition of a high-performance shared-memory computer is proposed as a means of improving the research and educational infrastructure of high performance computing at the University of South Carolina. This computer will be operated and maintained by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of South Carolina. In addition to supporting the projects detailed here, this machine will be made available to researchers in other South Carolina institutes whose research interests deal with biological and medical problems. The proposed shared-memory computer will greatly enhance the computational capabilities of multiple research groups by enabling them to tackle new and more challenging problems, particularly in biological and medical related areas. It will also substantially improve graduate and undergraduate training in the area of high performance computing by providing new research opportunities for students. This computer will also serve as a state-wide resource for researchers in institutes across the state of South Carolina. This computer will provide resources to advance research in the areas of bioinformatics, computational biology, medical research and nanotechnology. By providing a community computing resource, it will also help catalyze further collaborations among researchers who share common interests in South Carolina. This shared-memory machine will also be available to educators in many departments at the University of South Carolina. Education in computational science and high performance computing will be closely integrated with research in several areas (biology, medical imaging, chemical engineering, etc) to take advantage of the equipment. With this new addition to our modest existing computational facilities, students will be afforded significantly better access to the newest high-performance technologies.