CONTENTS
ISSUE 11 SPECIAL ISSUE 2009 |
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| INTERVIEW: DR. MICHAEL STRAYER |
COVER STORY |
Computing and Discovery
Dr. Michael Strayer is the Associate Director of Science for Advanced Scientific Computing Research at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and also serves as SciDAC Program Director.
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| SCIDAC-2 |
SciDAC-2: Advancing Science through Large-Scale Modeling and Simulation
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The U.S. Department of Energy Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC) initiative—now in its seventh year—has become one of the nation's leading interdisciplinary research programs. |
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INCITE |
Unparalleled Computing Allocations Guarantee Revolutionary Science
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The Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) program applies the world's most powerful supercomputers to the world's most pressing and challenging computational problems.
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| BREAKTHROUGHS |
Top Breakthroughs in Computational Science
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Society in the last decade has benefited from significant investment in computational science. This investment has elevated scientific computing to the terascale, and the accomplishments detailed in this report are a testament to its efficacy. |
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| HARDWARE |
The World's Most Powerful Computers for Science
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High-performance computers at Department of Energy facilities are providing powerful tools unprecedented in the history of science, allowing researchers to attack scientific problems of global importance, many of which were previously unapproachable. |
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| EDITORIAL: DR. HORST SIMON |
Networking for the Next Generation
Dr. Horst Simon of the SciDAC Review Editorial Board discusses how ESnet and other networks of the future will impact science, collaboration, and everyday life.
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| BACK COVER |
| Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)—a next-generation network for large-scale science.
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)—a next-generation network for large-scale science. |
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