MRI Acquisition: A Reconfigurable Computing Infrastructure Enabling Interdisciplinary and Collaborative Research in Hampton Roads

该项目获得了一个可重新配置的计算系统，该系统将使用最先进的技术在适当定制的计算机环境中支持广泛的研究项目。它提供强大的计算能力来支持研究所的一些关键研究计划。这个名为DISCOVER的基础设施支持大数据和高性能计算研究。强调了三个关键推动力：网络安全、弹性和数据密集型科学与工程。每个推力包括多个应用，如下所示。网络安全：密码电路验证的硬件安全；同态加密的建模学习；恶意软件和异常检测；以及网络攻击路径及其缓解的建模。适应性：计算模拟以模拟海平面上升；理解社交媒体以应对自然灾害的紧急准备；以及数据驱动的对海量地理空间交通模式的理解。数据密集型科学和工程：高精度有限元网格生成；大脑成像和图像引导手术的分析；获得的计算系统将促进与汉普顿路的其他机构的多学科合作，包括诺福克州立大学、潮水社区学院和托马斯·纳尔逊社区学院。将组织培训讲习班和暑期学院，帮助各个研究领域的学生获得高性能计算技能。该机构将利用国家网络安全教育倡议(NICE)框架，通过增加追求网络安全职业的学生渠道来满足网络劳动力的需求。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project acquires a reconfigurable computing system that wiil support a broad spectrum of research projects in an appropriately tailored computer environment using state-of the-art technologies. It offers substantial computational power to support a number of critical research initiatives at the institution.This infrastructure, named DISCOVER, enables big data and high-performance computing research. Three key thrusts are emphasized: Cybersecurity, Resilience, and Data Intensive Science and Engineering. Each thrust includes multiple applications, as follows. Cybersecurity: hardware security for cryptographic circuit verification; modeling learning with homomorphic encryption; malware and anomaly detection; and modeling cyber-attack paths and their mitigation.Resilience: computational simulations to model sea level rise; understanding social media for emergency preparedness for natural disasters; and data-driven understanding of massive geospatial traffic patterns.Data Intensive Science and Engineering: high-accuracy finite element mesh generation; analysis of brain imaging and image-guided surgery; and modelling of power-consumption and resource allocation for high-performance computing clusters.The acquired computing system will stimulate multi-disciplinary collaborations with other institutions in Hampton Roads, including Norfolk State University, Tidewater Community College, and Thomas Nelson Community College. Training workshops and a summer institute will be organized to help students in various research fields to gain high-performance computing skills. The insitution will leverage the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) framework to address cyber workforce needs by increasing the pipeline of students pursuing cybersecurity careers.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.