The potential impact of high-end capability computing on four illustrative fields of science and engineering / Committee on the Potential Impact of High-End Computing on Illustrative Fields of Science and Engineering, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Sciences.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Potential Impact of High-End Computing on Illustrative Fields of Science and Engineering.

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences.

National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Earth and Life Studies.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

High performance computing--United States.

High performance computing.

Supercomputers--United States.

Supercomputers.

Science--Data processing.

Science.

Engineering--Data processing.

Engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (158 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Many federal funding requests for more advanced computer resources assume implicitly that greater computing power creates opportunities for advancement in science and engineering. This has often been a good assumption. Given stringent pressures on the federal budget, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) are seeking an improved approach to the formulation and review of requests from the agencies for new computing funds. This book examines, for four illustrative fields of science and engineering, how one can start with an understanding of their major challenges and discern how progress against those challenges depends on high-end capability computing (HECC). The four fields covered are: atmospheric science astrophysics chemical separations evolutionary biology This book finds that all four of these fields are critically dependent on HECC, but in different ways. The book characterizes the components that combine to enable new advances in computational science and engineering and identifies aspects that apply to multiple fields.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

Summary

1 Problem Definition and History

2 The Potential Impact of HECC in Astrophysics

3 The Potential Impact of HECC in the Atmospheric Sciences

4 The Potential Impact of HECC in Evolutionary Biology

5 The Potential Impact of HECC in Chemical Separations

6 Numerical and Algorithmic Characteristics of HECC That Will Be Required by the Selected Fields

7 Conclusions

Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members

Appendix B: Agendas of Committee Meetings

Appendix C: Glossary.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786611972912

9780309134439

0309134439

9781281972910

1281972916

9780309124867

0309124867

OCLC:

560586443