Scientific computing in the Americas: the challenge of massive parallelism; Valparaiso, Chile; January 3-14, 2011

美洲的科学计算：大规模并行性的挑战；

• 批准号: 1036435
• 负责人: Lorena Barba
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Trustees of Boston University
• 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: 2010-09-15 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1036435&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Scientific; computing; Americas; challenge; massive

Scientific computing as a means of discovery has the promise of solving some of the most enduring challenges in science. Understanding global climate, unraveling the mysteries of turbulence, predicting natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis, untangling the complexities of life by simulating the proteins that make its building- blocks, all these, and more, are being tackled by scientists today using high-performance computing (HPC). And today, more than ever, an opportunity presents itself for exciting discoveries through HPC, thanks to the advent of new computer architectures that bring huge increases in performance, at lower power consumption and much reduced prices. The new HPC hardware based on graphics processors (GPUs) is a technology that can level the playing field for scientists in many parts of the world to participate in leading-edge computational research. This Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes (PASI) award, jointly supported by the NSF and the Department of Energy (DOE), will take place January 3-14, 2011 at the Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa María (UTFSM) in Valparaíso, Chile. Organized by Dr. Lorena Barba of Boston University, an interdisciplinary group of collaborators and participants will explore the feasibility of adapting and applying GPU technologies to complex, outstanding problems in the physical sciences. Participants will include a complementary mix of geoscientists, computer scientists, mathematicians, and physicists. Lectures, tutorials and hands-on activities will be focused on modern hardware computing, fundamental algorithms for massively parallel computational applications, and recent developments in open source libraries and programming. PASI participants will include approximately 30 U.S. and Latin American students supported by this award and a similar number of local participants supported by Chilean agencies. An ancillary mentoring session for postdoctoral scholars will provide advice on succeeding in modern academic environments. This PASI aims to initiate a pole of development for high-performance computing using modern hardware, and to stimulate international collaboration and future initiatives leading to student exchanges, joint projects and new funding opportunities for the participants. Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers will have a unique learning experience; they will be trained in the use of the most important software tools for HPC, including those specific to GPUs, and the syllabus will put emphasis on the open-source model for science. The chosen applications, e.g., simulation of tsunamis, will attract the attention of the general public, offering opportunities for dissemination in the press and other media. Extensive dissemination of the learning materials online will ensure impact beyond the duration of the institute itself.

科学计算作为一种发现手段，有望解决科学中一些最持久的挑战，解开湍流的奥秘，预测地震和海啸等自然灾害，通过模拟生命的蛋白质来解开生命的复杂性。如今，科学家们正在利用高性能计算 (HPC) 来解决所有这些问题，而今天，比以往任何时候都更有机会通过 HPC 实现令人兴奋的发现。由于新计算机架构的出现，以更低的功耗和大幅降低的价格带来了性能的大幅提升，基于图形处理器 (GPU) 的新型 HPC 硬件可以为许多领域的科学家提供公平的竞争环境。这项由 NSF 和能源部 (DOE) 共同支持的泛美高等研究院 (PASI) 颁奖典礼将于 2011 年 1 月 3 日至 14 日在大学举行。 Tecnica Federico Santa María (UTFSM) 位于智利瓦尔帕莱索，由波士顿大学的 Lorena Barba 博士组织，一个由合作者和参与者组成的跨学科小组将探讨将 GPU 技术应用于物理科学中复杂、突出问题的可行性。将包括地球科学家、计算机科学家、数学家和物理学家的互补组合，讲座、教程和实践活动将重点关注现代硬件计算、大规模的基础算法。并行计算应用程序以及开源库和编程的最新发展 PASI 参与者将包括由该奖项支持的大约 30 名美国和拉丁美洲学生，以及由智利机构支持的类似数量的本地参与者。该 PASI 旨在利用现代硬件启动高性能计算的发展，并促进国际合作和未来举措，从而为研究生提供学生交流、联合项目和新的资助机会。和博士后研究人员将拥有独特的学习经验；他们将接受有关 HPC 最重要软件工具（包括 GPU 专用软件）的使用培训，课程大纲将重点关注所选的开源模型。例如，海啸的模拟将吸引公众的注意力，为在新闻界和其他媒体上广泛传播学习材料提供机会，这将确保其影响超出研究所本身的期限。