MRI Acquisition of Equipment for the Establishment of a Reconfigurable Computing Center at the University of Puerto Rico

提案号：CNS 09-23152PI(s): Arce-Nazario, Rafael；毕业院校：波多黎各大学？题目：MRI/Acq。: Acq。该项目将获得一个共享的计算资源仪器，该仪器拥有多个高端通用处理器和现场可编程门阵列（FPGA）协处理器，构成可重构计算（RC）的旗舰平台，支持与有限域应用、计算离散数学、电子设计自动化、和发育生物学。该项目专注于帮助应用程序自动划分到多核架构和可配置平台的研究工具，服务于八个应用领域，包括硬件/软件（HW/SW）协同设计工具、嵌入式系统的功率优化工具、拉丁方正交和超立方切割数相关问题、可重构雷达波形和生物信息学。DMAGIC（使用算法和图形交互与计算的离散信号映射）方法为离散信号变换（DST）和体系结构描述中给定的问题描述对生成一个高水平的高效分区。因此，将设计算法将不同的研究领域映射到平台中。教育和科研培训工作得到高度重视。更广泛的影响：该仪器加速了科学成果，影响了所有用户的教育和培训，并有助于劳动力培训。合作为本科生研究提供了新的机会，不仅有助于留住学生，而且还有助于指导他们进行研究生学习。这所大学位于EPSCoR管辖范围内，为大量未被充分代表的少数民族学生提供服务。

Proposal #: CNS 09-23152PI(s): Arce-Nazario, Rafael; Orozco, EdusmildoInstitution: University of Puerto Rico ? Rio Piedras Title: MRI/Acq.: Acq.of Equipment for the Establishment of a Reconfigurable Computing Center at UPR-RP This project, acquiring a shared computational resource instrument with multiple high-end general purpose processors and Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) co-processors that form flagship platforms for Reconfigurable Computing (RC), supports interdisciplinary collaboration with research groups in Finite Field Applications, Computational Discrete Mathematics, Electronics Design Automation, and Developmental Biology. Focusing on research tools for assisting automatic partitioning of applications to multicore architectures and configurable platforms, the project services eight application fields, including hardware/software (HW/SW) co-design tools, power optimization tools for embedded systems, Latin square orthogonality- and hypercube cut number-related problems, reconfigurable radar waveforms, and bioinformatics. The DMAGIC (DST Mapping using Algorithmic and Graph Interaction and Computation) methodology generates a high-level efficient partition for a given pair of problem descriptions in Discrete Signal Transform (DST) and architectural descriptions. Hence, algorithms will be designed mapping the different research areas into the platform. Education and research training are given a high priority.Broader Impacts: The instrument expedites scientific results, impacts the education and training of all users, and contributes to workforce training. Collaborations open new opportunities for undergraduate research, contributing not only to retain students, but also to direct them to graduate studies. This university, residing in an EPSCoR jurisdiction, services a large number of underrepresented minority students.