The Potential Impact of High-End Capability Computing on Four Illustrative Fields of Science and Engineering
2008

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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.

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158 pages · 8.5 x 11 · paperback
ISBN Paperback: 0-309-12485-9
ISBN Ebook: 0-309-12486-7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/12451

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National Research Council. 2008. The Potential Impact of High-End Capability Computing on Four Illustrative Fields of Science and Engineering. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

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Front Matter i-xvi
Summary 1-8
1 Problem Definition and History 9-14
2 The Potential Impact of HECC in Astrophysics 15-36
3 The Potential Impact of HECC in the Atmospheric Sciences 37-62
4 The Potential Impact of HECC in Evolutionary Biology 63-88
5 The Potential Impact of HECC in Chemical Separations 89-104
6 Numerical and Algorithmic Characteristics of HECC That Will Be Required by the Selected Fields 105-120
7 Conclusions 121-126
Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members 127-132
Appendix B: Agendas of Committee Meetings 133-140
Appendix C: Glossary 141-142

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The Potential Impact of High-End Capability Computing on Four Illustrative Fields of Science and Engineering (2008)

Chapter: Appendix C: Glossary

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