Position Papers
Each attendee should submit a two-page position paper outlining a key issue. Send your position papers to brainstorm@ncsa.illinois.edu.
- Searches for Gravitational Waves with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) — Stuart Anderson, California Institute of Technolgoy
- Position Paper to National Research Council — Richard Arthur, GE Global Research
- PGAS Languages: An Easy-Entry Paradigm for Peta/ExaScale Computing — Dinshaw S. Balsara, University of Notre Dame
- Comments on Topics 4 and 6 on the NRC List — Klaus Bartschat, Drake University
- Quantum Simulations in Materials Design, Nano Science and Technology — Jerry Bernholc, Center for High Performance Simulation and Department of Physics, NC State University
- The Blurry Line Between Exascale and Big Data — E. Wes Bethel, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Supplying Cycles for High Performance Computing with a Focus on Chemistry: Community Needs to be Considered — David A. Dixon, Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama
- Comments on Interim Report: “Future Directions for NSF Advanced Computing Infrastructure to Support U.S. Science and Engineering in 2017-2020” — Thom Dunning, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory & University of Washington
- No Results Left Behind: The Case for Testing in Computational Science and a Test Case in Nanoelectronics Modeling — Jim Fonseca, Purdue University
- Lattice Field Theory for High Energy Physics — Steven Gottlieb, Indiana University; Anna Hasenfratz, University of Colorado; Paul Mackenzie, Fermilab; Robert Sugar, UCSB
- Lattice Field Theory Computations — Steven Gottlieb, Indiana University; Anna Hasenfratz, University of Colorado; Paul Mackenzie, Fermilab; Robert Sugar, UCSB
- NSF 2nd HPCD Workshop 2015 — Rama Govindaraju, Google
- Change or Perish — Bruce Harmon, Iowa State University
- It’s going to take more than hardware to advance the state of the art in scientific computation — John M. Levesque, Cray Inc.
- Tighter development cycles between scientific applications and advanced computational infrastructure — Peter Kasson, University of Virginia
- Molecular Dynamics simulations of Biological Systems — Fatemeh Khalili-Araghi, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Accelerating Scientific Discovery and Engineering Practice through Advanced, High Spectrum Computing and Data Analysis (tables) — William Kramer, NCSA/University of Illinois; et al.
- Thoughts on the NSF Future Directions Interim Report — Glenn K. Lockwood
- Position Paper for HPCD Brainstorm Workshop — Pieter Maris, Iowa State University
- appendixB_answers_Maris — Pieter Maris, Iowa State University
- Needs and Opportunities In Cosmology In The Era of Ultra-Deep Surveys — Michael L. Norman, UCSD
- The Other 90 Percent — Steve Oberlin, NVIDIA
- Thoughts on The Future of NSF-supported Advanced Computing from a Numerical Relativity and Computational Astrophysics Perspective — Christian Ott and Mark Scheel, Caltech
- High-Performance Computing Challenges in Space Physics Simulations — Nikolai V. Pogorelov, University of Alabama in Huntsville
- Computational Challenges for Galaxy Formation — Thomas Quinn, University of Washington
- Position Paper for 2nd Brainstorming HPCD Workshop — Barry I. Schneider, NIST
- High Performance Computing Policy Paper — Todd Simons, Rolls-Royce
- Reflections on an Observation of the Interim Report of the Committee on Future Directions for NSF Advanced Computing Infrastructure to Support U.S. Science in 2017-20 — Dan Stanzione, Texas Advanced Computing Center
- Towards HPC in the Cloud — Liqiang Wang, Department of Computer Science, University of Wyoming
- Scalable CyberGIS Analytics for Solving Complex Environmental, Geospatial, and Social Scientific Problems — Shaowen Wang, University of Illinois
- Observations and Recommendations Regarding NSF’s Support for High-Performance Computing — Nancy Wilkins-Diehr, Wayne Pfeiffer, and Richard L. Moore, SDSC
- High-Resolution Earth System Global and Regional Modeling for Climate Assessment and Policymaking Require Advanced Computing Infrastructure — Donald Wuebbles, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Warren Washington, Gerald Meehl, and Tom Bettge, National Center for Atmospheric Research
- Fluid Dynamics and Turbulence: the Case for NSF-HPC in 2017-2020 — P.K. Yeung, Georgia Tech
- An Integrative, Cross-Foundation Cyberinfrastructure for Science & Engineering Research — multiple authors
Blue Waters Highlights
- Simulating the First Galaxies and Quasars: The Bluetides Cosmological Simulation — Blue Waters PI: Tiziana Di Matteo, Carnegie Mellon University
- Solving Prediction Problems in Earthquake System Science — Blue Waters PI: Thomas H. Jordan, SCEC
- Enabling Breakthrough Kinetic Simulations of the Magnetosphere — Blue Waters PI: Homayoun Karimabadi, UCSD
- Accelerating Nanoscale Transistor Innovation with NEMO5 — Blue Waters PI: Gerhard Klimeck, Purdue University
- Design and Management of Satellite Assets to Advance Space-Based Earth Science — Blue Waters PI: Patrick Reed, Cornell University
- Simulation of Turbulent Stellar Hydrodynamics — Blue Waters PI: Paul Woodward, University of Minnesota
- High-Resolution Climate Simulations — Blue Waters PI: Donald Wuebbles, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign