Title Evolving the high performance computing and communications initiative to support the nation's information infrastructure / Committee to Study High Performance Computing and Communications: Status of a Major Initiative, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Commission on Physical Science, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 118 pages) : illustrations Contents ""Evolving the High Performance Computing and Communications Initiative to Support the Nation's Information Infrastructure""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY-FUNDAMENTAL FOR SOCIETY AND THE ECONOMY NOW AND TOMORROW""; ""The Basis for Continuing Strength�A Successful Government-Industry Partnership""; ""Government Support of Research Is Crucial""; ""THE HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATIONS INITIATIVE""; ""Goals and Emphases""; ""High Performance""; ""Accomplishments to Date""; ""Evolution""; ""Organization""; ""Budget"" THE FUTURE OF THE HPCCI: RECOMMENDATIONSGeneral Recommendations -- High Performance Computing -- Networking and Information Infrastructure -- Supercomputer Centers and Grand Challenge Program -- Coordination and Program Management -- NOTES -- 1 U.S. Leadership in Information Technology -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IS CENTRAL TO OUR SOCIETY -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES RAPIDLY -- RETAINING LEADERSHIP IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IS VITAL TO THE NATION -- THE FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN COMPUTING RESEARCH HAS PAID RICH DIVIDENDS CONTINUED FEDERAL INVESTMENT IS NECESSARY TO SUSTAIN OUR LEADTODAY THE HPCCI IS THE UMBRELLA FOR MOST GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH -- NOTES -- 2 The High Performance Computing and Communications Initiative -- HPCCI: GOALS AND EMPHASES -- Basic Objectives -- Teraflop Capability -- High-speed Networks -- Grand Challenges -- Expanded Objectives -- HPCCI ACCOMPLISHMENTS -- The Issue of Measurement -- Better Computing and Computational Infrastructure -- Increasing Researcher-Developer-User Synergy -- Impact of Broad Collaboration Transfer of Expertise and TechnologyImpact on Mission Agencies -- Five Gigabit Testbed Projects: Collaboration and Impact -- EVOLUTION OF HPCCI GOALS AND OBJECTIVES -- Improving the Information Infrastructure -- Evolving Research Directions and Relevance for the Information Infrastructure -- Overall Computing and Communications R & D Planning -- Toward a Better Balance -- MOVING FORWARD-BASIC ISSUES -- Balance of Private and Public Investment -- Coordination Versus Management -- Coordinating Structure -- Drawbacks of Centralization -- National Coordination Office BudgetNOTES -- 3 Recommendations -- GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS ON HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING -- RECOMMENDATIONS ON NETWORKING AND INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE -- RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE SUPERCOMPUTER CENTERS AND GRAND CHALLENGE PROGRAM -- RECOMMENDATIONS ON COORDINATION AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT IN THE HPCCI -- COMMENTS RELATING THIS REPORT'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATIONS RE ... -- NOTES -- Bibliography -- Appendixes -- A The High Performance Computing and Communications Initiative: Background Summary Presents the full text of "Evolving the High Performance Computing and Communications Initiative to Support the Nation's Information Infrastructure," a report of the Committee to Study High Performance Computing and Communications. Includes a preface and an executive summary. Examines the importance of information technology to the United States, the High Performance Computing and Communications Initiative (HPCCI), and the Initiative's recommendations. Contains a review of the HPCCI budget and a list of individuals providing briefings to the Committee. Notes that the project was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), and the Institute of Medicine (IOM). Links to the home pages of the NAS and the NAP Analysis Computing and information technology Computing and information technology Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Electronic data processing. Telecommunication -- United States Computer networks. Data transmission systems. Information networks. Computer Communication Networks BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Computer Industry. Computer networks Data transmission systems Electronic data processing Information networks Telecommunication Informatieplanning. Computersystemen. Computernetwerken. United States Genre/Form Electronic books Form Electronic book Author National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Study High Performance Computing and Communications: Status of a Major Initiative. LC no. 95067707 ISBN 0585002088 9780585002088 9780309588034 0309588030

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