II-NEW: Southern Illinois HPC Infrastructure (SIHPCI)

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。该项目涉及在南伊利诺伊大学卡本代尔分校（SIHPSI - Southern Illinois HPC infrastructure）建立一个高性能计算和数据存储基础设施，这不仅是在校园内，而且是在更大的南伊利诺伊地区的第一个此类设施。(1)计算纳米科学与工程（CNE）：例子包括纳米器件的百万原子模拟，分子催化剂的设计，界面聚合物形态的研究，物质非平衡态驱动机制的基础研究，以及探索原子核新性质的量子信息处理；(2)地理信息科学（GIS）：涉及战略研究，研究大规模动态数据的表示和转换的新算法，通过利用不变的几何属性为分析人员提供认知和视觉解释。SIHPSI作为进一步增加HPC资源的成核中心，并提供SIUC？与自定义集群配置相比，从开始到生产通常需要大约6个月的时间，S教员可以更快地开始计算（1-2周）。更广泛的影响：CNE领域的研究预计将对广泛的技术应用产生重大影响，包括低功耗和快速晶体管、涂层、光刻、发光二极管和传感器的粘合剂、各种智能和功能化材料以及量子计算。地理信息系统的研究促进了有效的数据流、犯罪和健康研究、医学成像和基因组制图。SIHPSI有一个教育界面，支持？(1)改革科学建模和数值分析领域的几门课程；(2)开设计算纳米电子学新课程；(3)在科学计算和数据分析领域对大学教师和K-12学生进行多样化的培训（通过夏季讲习班）。在教学/培训活动中开发的材料/模块将发布在NSF？请访问nanoHUB.org，以供更广泛的社区使用。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).This project involves the building of a high-performance computing and data storage infrastructure at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIHPSI - Southern Illinois HPC Infrastructure), a facility first-of-its-kind not only within the campus but in the greater Southern Illinois region also. Intellectual Merit: Research activities using SIHCPI encompass two broad areas - (1) Computational Nanoscience and Engineering (CNE): Examples include multimillion atom simulations of nanodevices, design of molecular catalysts, studies of polymer morphology at interfaces, fundamental studies of the driving mechanisms in non-equilibrium states of matter, and quantum information processing exploring new properties of atomic nuclei; and (2) Geographic Information Science (GIS): Involves strategic research to investigate new algorithms for representation and transformation of massive dynamic data allowing a cognitive and visual interpretation for analysts by exploiting invariant geometric properties. SIHPSI serves as a nucleation center for further addition of HPC resources and offers SIUC?s faculty members a much quicker time frame (1-2 weeks) to start computing as compared to a custom cluster configuration which usually takes about 6 months from start to production. Broader Impact: Research in the CNE area is expected to have significant impact in a wide range of technological applications including low-power and fast transistors, coatings, lithography, adhesives to light emitting diodes and sensors, various smart and functionalized materials, and quantum computation. The GIS research facilitates efficient data streaming, crime and health studies, medical imaging, and genome mapping. SIHPSI has an educational interface that supports ? (1) revamping several courses in the area of scientific modeling and numerical analysis; (2) developing a new course on computational nanoelectronics; and (3) training (through summer workshops) a diverse community of college teachers as well as K-12 students in the field of scientific computing and data analysis. Materials/modules developed in the teaching/training activities will be posted on NSF?s nanoHUB.org for use by the broader community.