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The HPCC program provides support for four Science and Technology centers. These centers share several important characteristics: a unifying, cross-disciplinary intellectual focus; an emphasis on knowledge-transfer and linkages with private sector organizations; and significant education and outreach components. The centers and their focus are:
center for Research in Parallel Computation, CRPC, at Rice University -- making parallel computers as easy to use as conventional computers; center for Computer Graphics and Scientific Visualization, CG & SV, at the University of Utah -- building and displaying models that are visually and measurably indistinguishable from real world entities; center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, DIMACS, at Rutgers University -- applying discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science to the solution of fundamental problems in science and engineering; center for Cognitive Science at the University of Pennsylvania -- human cognition, perception, natural language processing, and the application of parallel computation. |
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Released a set of software tools for the support of experimental analysis in discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science.
Released a portable prototype library for sparse direct matrix computation that can be optimized for different computing systems. Developed an object-oriented multi-disciplinary analysis and design tool set to solve optimization problems in industrial design. Demonstrated with biological modeling, a fluent, physically based modeling language that extends geometric modeling languages and operators. Released a second version of High Performance Fortran that provides support for adaptive, dynamic computations. Began a special year on Mathematical Support for Molecular Biology at DIMACS focused on the application of discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science on problems in DNA sequencing and in protein structure. |
Build models that are visually and measurably indistinguishable from real-world entities.
Provide universal Fortran-based language for which vendors can provide efficient compilers and which will assure program portability. Identify and exploit applications areas where discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science developments can lead to more accurate and efficient computations. Begin a special year on Logic and Algorithms at DIMACS focused on the relationship between mathematics and computational algorithms. |
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