MRI: Acquisition of an Interdisciplinary Facility for High-Performance Computing

提案#：CNS 08-21258PI(S)：Gobbert，Matthias K.；DesJarding，Marie E.；Olano，Thomas M.；Rheingans，Penny；Sparling，Lynn机构：马里兰大学-巴尔的摩县，MD 21250-0002标题：MRI/Acq.：Acq.高性能计算跨学科设施项目建议：该项目创建一个拥有多个节点和最先进的InfiniBand互连的高性能计算集群，旨在形成高性能计算的中央资源，致力于支持整个校园的跨学科研究和培训。该群组支持23名研究人员和10个系和中心，为培养对计算科学感兴趣的新兴跨学科研究人员提供了机会。该设施能够解决比目前可能的科学问题大几个数量级的问题。该项目汇集了来自计算机科学、数学、物理学、生物学、统计学、经济学和工程学(电气、机械、土木工程和环境)的研究人员。在地球科学方面，这项研究有助于减少关于切萨皮克湾分水岭水质的政策决策的不确定性，允许分析兆兆字节级的数据集，以了解气候变化及其自然人为原因，并为飓风强度的可预测性提供见解。在工程方面，这项研究有助于评估通信系统中短脉冲激光系统的可靠性。生物医学研究试图确定蛋白质结构和疾病之间的联系，以及生物材料设计的方向。在大地测量和地磁数据同化中的应用提高了对地球？S引力场和地球内部基本过程？S核的认识。复杂系统可视化的基础研究，高效并行算法的开发，以及利用图形硬件进行科学计算，都有广泛的实际应用。积极的影响：加强研究合作，仪器应该引领科技进步，对所有用户的教育和研究培训产生深刻影响，并为劳动力培训做出贡献。此外，更多的合作和交流使该地区的本科生和代表不足的群体更容易参与这个本科生和少数族裔服务机构。

Proposal #: CNS 08-21258PI(s): Gobbert, Matthias K.; desJarding, Marie E.; Olano, Thomas M.; Rheingans, Penny; Sparling, LynnInstitution: University of Maryland - Baltimore County Baltimore, MD 21250-0002Title: MRI/Acq.: Acq. of an Interdisciplinary Facility for High-Performance ComputingProject Proposed:This project, creating a high-performance computing cluster with many nodes and a state-of-the-art InfiniBand interconnect, aims to form the central resource for high-performance computing dedicated to support interdisciplinary research and training across the entire campus. Supporting 23 researchers and ten departments and centers, the cluster provides an opportunity to foster an emerging community of interdisciplinary researchers interested in computational science. The facility enables the solutions of scientific problems several magnitudes larger than currently possible. The project brings together researchers from Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Statistics, Economics, and Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, and Environmental). In the earth sciences, the research helps to reduce uncertainty in policy decisions about water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, allows analysis of terabyte-scale data sets for understanding climate change and its natural anthropogenic origins, and provides insights into the predictability of hurricane intensity. In Engineering, the research helps to assess the reliability of short-pulse laser systems in communication systems. Biomedical research tries to establish the links between protein structure and disease, and also directions in the design of biomaterials. Applications in geodesy and geomagnetic data assimilation improve understanding of the Earth?s gravitational field and basic processes within the Earth?s core. The basic research in visualization of complex systems, the development of efficient parallel algorithms, and the utilization of graphics hardware for scientific computing all have a broad range of practical applications.Broader Impacts:Improving research collaborations, the instrumentation should lead to scientific and technical advances, have deep impact in education and research training of all users, and contribute to workforce training. Moreover, the increased collaboration and communication makes it easier to involve undergraduates and underrepresented groups in the area in this undergraduate and minority-serving institution.