Overview
Computational Science is an integral component of Brookhaven's multi
science mission, and is a reflection of the increased role of computation
across all of science.
Brookhaven currently has major efforts in data storage and analysis for the
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and the ATLAS detector at CERN, and
in quantum chromodynamics. The Laboratory is host for the QCDOC machines
(quantum chromodynamics on a chip), 10 teraflop/s computers which boast
12,288 processors each. There are two here, one for the Riken/BNL Research
Center and the other supported by DOE for the US Lattice Gauge Community and
other scientific users.
A 100 teraflop/s supercomputer will be installed at Brookhaven in the coming
year, managed jointly by Brookhaven and Stony Brook, and funded by a grant
from New York State. This machine will be used for computational science
across Brookhaven's entire research program, and also by researchers at
Stony Brook and across New York State. With Stony Brook, Brookhaven has
formed the New York Center for Computational Science (NYCCS) as a focal
point for interdisciplinary computational science, which is closely linked
to Brookhaven's Computational Science Center (CSC).
The CSC has established a strong program in computational science, with an
emphasis on nanoscale electronic structure and molecular dynamics,
accelerator design, computational fluid dynamics, medical imaging, parallel
computing and numerical algorithms. We have been an active participant in
DOE's SciDAC program (Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing). We
are also planning a major expansion in computational biology in keeping with
Laboratory initiatives.
Additional laboratory initiatives with a dependence on a high level of
computation include the development of hydrodynamics models for the
interpretation of RHIC data, computational models for the atmospheric
transport of aerosols, and models for combustion and for energy utilization.
The CSC was formed to bring together researchers in these areas and to
provide a focal point for the development of computational expertise at the
Laboratory. These efforts will connect to and support the Department of
Energy’s long range plans to provide Leadership class computing to
researchers throughout the Nation.
Recruitment for six new positions at Stony Brook to strengthen its
computational science programs is underway. We expect some of these to be
held jointly with BNL.
Last Modified: January 31, 2008
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Claire Lamberti
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