IRES Track I: Algorithms and Software for SUpercomputers with emerging aRchitEctures (ASSURE)

超级计算机使研究人员能够突破科学的界限，找到解决复杂问题的创新方法。从通过建模和仿真改进先进制造业到更精确地理解地球系统和天气，利用数据革命和应用数据来理解生命过程，超级计算机对人类进步至关重要。未来的高性能计算机（HPC）系统可能与今天的系统大不相同。新兴的体系结构可以对软件、方法和模型的开发产生巨大的影响，这些软件、方法和模型可以利用这些新特性来加速和提高计算的准确性。尽早采用这些新兴技术以利用其特殊功能是在全球经济中保持竞争力的关键。这个IRES网站的目标是吸引博士。学生在研究学习的经验，增加他们的能力进行超级计算系统的研究，（包括那些具有经典和新兴架构），并接触到国际合作研究。这个IRES被称为ASSURE，旨在提高美国研究生在受益于超级计算机和新兴架构（ASSURE）的关键科学学科中开发算法和软件的能力。该项目的重点是让学生能够在世界上最快的超级计算机之一——位于中国无锡的“神威太湖之光”上进行研究，该超级计算机拥有独特的建筑。ASSURE通过以下方式实现这一目标：(i)培养学生利用独特的国际大型系统；（ii）利用这些系统，让学生在计算和数据科学的四个关键领域进行高质量的合作研究；（三）让学生接触国际大型研究环境，为他们掌握占据国际领导角色所需的文化和专业技能做好准备。具体来说，IRES的学生将在中国的两个地点进行研究：中国无锡的国家超级计算中心（NSCC）以及清华大学和华东师范大学。ASSURE网站向对地球系统、药物设计、先进制造、大数据和机器学习领域的计算和数据科学感兴趣的美国博士生开放。具体来说，美国公民或永久居民，包括在国际STEM研究中代表性不足的女性和学生，都被邀请参加。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Supercomputers enable researchers to push the boundaries of science and find innovative approaches to complex problems. From improving advanced manufacturing with modeling and simulation to understanding earth systems and weather with greater precision, harnessing the data revolution and applying data to understand life processes, supercomputers are essential to human advancement. HPC (High Performing Computer) systems of the future will likely be very different from those of today. Emerging architectures can have a tremendous impact on the development of software, methods and models that can take advantage of these new features resulting in speed up and improvement in the accuracy of calculations. Early adoption of these emerging technologies to take advantage of special features is key to remaining competitive in the global economy. The goal of this IRES site is to engage PhD. students in research learning experiences that increase their capacity to conduct research on supercomputing systems, (including those with classical and emerging architectures), and their exposure to international collaborative research.This IRES, called ASSURE, aims to enhance the capabilities of US graduate students to develop Algorithms and Software in key scientific disciplines that benefit from Supercomputers and emerging aRchitEctures (ASSURE). The program focuses on equipping students to conduct research on one of the fastest supercomputers in the world, Sunway Taihulight, housed in Wuxi China, which has a unique architecture. ASSURE achieves this goal by: (i) training students to utilize unique international large-scale systems; (ii) engaging students in high quality collaborative research in four key areas of computational and data science utilizing these systems; and (iii) exposing students to international large-scale research environments that prepare them with cultural and professional skills required to occupy international leadership roles. Specifically, IRES students at this site will conduct research at two locations in China: The National Supercomputing Center (NSCC) in Wuxi China and the University of Tsinghua and the East China Normal University.The ASSURE site is open to US Ph.D. students with an interest in computational and data science in the areas of earth systems, drug design, advanced manufacturing, big data and machine learning. Specifically, US citizens or permanent residents, including women and students from underrepresented populations in international STEM research, are invited to participate.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.