MRI-R2: Acquisition of a Data Intensive Supercomputer for Innovative and Transformative Research in Science and Engineering

MRI-R2：采购数据密集型超级计算机，用于科学和工程的创新和变革研究

• 批准号: 0959870
• 负责人: Vipin Chaudhary
• 金额: $ 460.04万
• 依托单位: SUNY at Buffalo
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-03-01 至 2013-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0959870&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; R2; Acquisition; Data; Intensive

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of2009 (Public Law 111-5).This Major Research Instrumentation-Recovery and Reinvestment (MRI-R2) award funds the acquisition of Data Intensive Supercomputer (DISC) at the University of Buffalo. The supercomputer provides transformative computing and data processing capability to approximately 250 immediate users involved in a wide range of innovative research and education activities. The substantial compute power, large memory, and fast storage is utilized to advance the immediate scientific goals of over 45 research groups throughout the Nation. The spectrum of research enabled by DISC can be classified into three broad themes: (i) data intensive computing, clustering, and datamining; (ii) simulation analytics, and (iii) the novel real-time simulation by data analytics. A vibrant multidisciplinary community is built around the new supercomputing infrastructure. Classes, tutorials, and workshops utilizing the new system are designed to engage undergraduates, graduates, postdoctoral fellows, scientists, and faculty within the local western New York area and nationally. The project team has a long history of successfully administering educational and outreach programs centered around high-performance computing. Many existing educational programs are impacted by this acquisition including: the Buffalo-area Engineering Awareness for Minorities (BEAM) enrichment program, the Eric Pitman Annual Summer Workshop in Computational Science, and Buffalo's "Mayor's Next Generation Scientists Program." Results from the studies enabled by the new equipment are disseminated by student and faculty presentations at regional and national meetings, and through publication in peer-reviewed journals.

该奖项根据 2009 年《美国复苏与再投资法案》（公法 111-5）提供资助。这项重大研究仪器-复苏与再投资 (MRI-R2) 奖项为布法罗大学收购数据密集型超级计算机 (DISC) 提供资金。该超级计算机为参与广泛创新研究和教育活动的大约 250 名直接用户提供变革性计算和数据处理能力。 强大的计算能力、大内存和快速存储被用来推进全国超过 45 个研究小组的近期科学目标。 DISC 所支持的研究范围可分为三大主题：(i) 数据密集型计算、集群和数据挖掘； (ii) 模拟分析，以及 (iii) 通过数据分析进行的新颖的实时模拟。围绕新的超级计算基础设施建立了一个充满活力的多学科社区。 利用新系统的课程、教程和研讨会旨在吸引纽约西部地区和全国范围内的本科生、研究生、博士后研究员、科学家和教师。该项目团队在成功管理以高性能计算为中心的教育和推广项目方面有着悠久的历史。许多现有的教育计划都受到此次收购的影响，包括：布法罗地区少数民族工程意识 (BEAM) 强化计划、埃里克·皮特曼计算科学年度夏季研讨会以及布法罗的“市长下一代科学家计划”。 新设备的研究结果通过学生和教师在地区和国家会议上的演讲以及在同行评审期刊上发表来传播。