Computational Science & Engineering Research Institute
History
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The CSERI was created
in 2002 as a home
for researchers
to collaborate
on computational problems
and
techniques
of common interest,
to facilitate the development
of long range research programs,
to support the CS&E Ph.D. program ,
and to provide access to medium- and large-scale
computational facilities
that
would not otherwise be available.
The discipline
of Computation Science & Engineering is the application
of computational technologies (computer hardware,
software,
networks,
etc.)
to current problems
in science
and
engineering.
Typically,
these problem are
in areas
of national interest,
including areas
of economic interest
and
security,
and
areas
of state-wide economic interest. |
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The creation of the CS&ERI was approved by:
- Curt Tompkins, President
- Kent Wray, Provost and Sr. Vice President
- David Reed, Vice President for Research
- Bruce Rafert, Dean of the Graduate School and Distance Learning
- Maximilian Seel, Dean of the College and Sciences and Arts
- Robert Warrington, Dean of the College of Engineering
- Linda Ott, Chair of the Department of Computer Science
- Alphonse Baartmans, Chair of the Department of Mathematical Sciences
- Ravindra Pandey, Chair of the Department of Physics
- Theodore Bornhorst, Chair of the Department of Geological and Mining
Engineering and Sciences
- Michael Mullins, Chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering
- William Predebon, Chair of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering
Mechanics
- Timothy Schulz, Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Steven Seidel, Associate Professor of Computer Science
- Phillip Merkey, Research Assistant Professor of Computer
Science
A complete description of the CS&E Research Institute can be found in the CSERI proposal.
Phillip Merkey is the director of the CS&E Research Institute.
Facilities
Cray T3E: This supercomputer contains 60 processors. This machine originally cost about $1.5M. It is a few years old now, but current models of this supercomputer maintain their place as the fastest machines in the world.
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HP AlphaServer SC-40 supercomputer:
This extremely powerfull machine has 4 alpha processors.
Each processor has a total of 128K L1 cache (instruction+data) and 8MB L2 cache.
The main memory of this machine is up to 24 GB, with bandwidth of 5.2 GB/sec |
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| NASA 128-processor Beowulf cluster: A cluster built from 64 ordinary PC's. | Cluster interconnection network: The 100Mb/sec Ethernet switch that connects the PC's in this cluster. | ||
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| 20 dual processor 2GHz PC's cluster. | Two interconnection networks: The processors are connected with standard Ethernet (top) and by a very fast Myrinet fiber network (bottom). | ||
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Sun Enterprise 4500 |
StorEdge 5200 |
Sun Ultra 60 |
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12 Sun Ultrasparc processors 8 GB memory |
14 x 9.1GB fiberchannel disks |
Dual 360 MHz Processors 512 MB memory 54 GB disk storage |