Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics

该奖项为地球动力学计算基础设施(CIG)提供资金，以建立和维持地球动力学和地震学的基本网络基础设施和计算能力。在过去十年中，CIG开发和传播了广泛使用的开放源码，用于计算地震学、地幔对流、岩浆动力学、岩石圈和地壳短期和长期变形以及地球发电机模拟方面的研究和教育。CIG通过改进科学软件开发实践改变了计算地球物理研究的文化，并影响了数百名地球动力学家的教育。CIG-S编写和传播科学软件的方法已经成为其社区不可或缺的方法，并与计算科学建立并保持着深厚的联系。科学计算是固体地球地球科学不可或缺的一部分，使我们能够理解和量化塑造地球的过程。计算模型将观测和描述地球内部和演化的定量模型联系起来--S。该项目将继续开发和传播高质量的科学软件，以支持尖端的地球动力学建模，并培养一支多样化的劳动力队伍，以解决基础科学问题。虽然CIG-S的主要任务是开发高质量的开源软件，但教育和发展地球科学家的作用越来越大，他们准备在研究和教学中有效地使用和推进计算。研讨会、黑客马拉松、会议特别会议和教程培养了代表该项目长期遗产的新兴计算地球科学家。

This award provides funding for the Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics (CIG) to build and sustain essential cyberinfrastructure and computational capacity for geodynamics and seismology. Over the past decade, CIG has developed and disseminated widely-used, open-source codes for research and education in computational seismology, mantle convection, magma dynamics, short- and long-term lithospheric and crustal deformation, and geodynamo modeling. CIG has changed the culture in computational geophysics research by improving scientific software development practices and has influenced the education of hundreds of geodynamicists. CIG?s approach towards writing and disseminating scientific software has become indispensable to its community and has established and sustained deep ties to computational sciences.Scientific computation is integral to solid Earth geosciences, allowing us to understand and quantify the processes that shape Earth. Computational models link observations and quantitative models describing the Earth?s interior and evolution. This project will continue the development and dissemination of high quality scientific software to enable cutting edge geodynamics modeling, and to prepare a diverse workforce to address fundamental science questions. While CIG?s primary mission is development of high-quality open-source software, a growing role is the education and development of geoscientists who are prepared to effectively use and advance computation in research and teaching. Workshops, hackathons, meeting special sessions, and tutorials foster emerging computational geoscientists who represent the long-term legacy of the project.