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1 online resource (xiv, 141 pages) : color illustrations |
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text file |
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Summary -- Overview and recommendations -- Background -- Maintaining science leadership -- Future national-scale needs -- Investment trade-offs in advanced computing -- Range of operational models -- A list of individuals, research groups, and organizations that submitted comments -- Information-gathering meetings -- Biosketches of Committee members -- Acronyms and abbreviations. |
| Summary |
Advanced computing capabilities are used to tackle a rapidly growing range of challenging science and engineering problems, many of which are compute- and data-intensive as well. Demand for advanced computing has been growing for all types and capabilities of systems, from large numbers of single commodity nodes to jobs requiring thousands of cores; for systems with fast interconnects; for systems with excellent data handling and management; and for an increasingly diverse set of applications that includes data analytics as well as modeling and simulation. Since the advent of its supercomputing centers, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has provided its researchers with state-of-the-art computing systems. The growth of new models of computing, including cloud computing and publically available by privately held data repositories, opens up new possibilities for NSF. In order to better understand the expanding and diverse requirements of the science and engineering community and the importance of a new broader range of advanced computing infrastructure, the NSF requested that the National Research Council carry out a study examining anticipated priorities and associated tradeoffs for advanced computing. Future Directions for NSF Advanced Computing Infrastructure to Support U.S. Science and Engineering in 2017-2020 provides a framework for future decision-making about NSF's advanced computing strategy and programs. It offers recommendations aimed at achieving four broad goals: (1) position the U.S. for continued leadership in science and engineering, (2) ensure that resources meet community needs, (3) aid the scientific community in keeping up with the revolution in computing, and (4) sustain the infrastructure for advanced computing"--Publisher's description. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 39-45, 72-84). |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
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National Science Foundation (U.S.) |
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Cyberinfrastructure.
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Cyberinfrastructure. |
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High performance computing.
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High performance computing. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
NSF advanced computing infrastructure to support U.S. science and engineering in 2017-2020 |
| Other Form: |
Print version: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Future Directions for NSF Advanced Computing Infrastructure to Support U.S. Science in 2017-2020. Future directions for NSF advanced computing infrastructure to support U.S. science and engineering in 2017-2020. Washington, DC : The National Academies Press, [2016] 0309389615 9780309389617 (OCoLC)953843532 |
| ISBN |
9780309389624 (electronic book) |
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0309389623 (electronic book) |
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9780309389617 |
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0309389615 |
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