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Appendix B

NERSC Client Statistics

In support of the DOE Office of Science’s mission, the NERSC Center served 2,978 scientists throughout the United States in 2006. These researchers work in DOE laboratories, universities, industry, and other Federal agencies. Figure 1 shows the proportion of NERSC usage by each type of institution, while Figures 2 and 3 show laboratory, university, and other organizations that used large allocations of computer time. Computational science conducted at NERSC covers the entire range of scientific disciplines, but is focused on research that supports the DOE’s mission and scientific goals, as shown in Figure 4.

More than 1,400 scientific publications in 2006 were based entirely or in part on calculations done at NERSC; a list is available at http://www.nersc.gov/news/ reports/ERCAPpubs06.php.

 

Figure 1. NERSC MPP usage by institution type, 2006.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 2. DOE and other Federal laboratory usage at NERSC, 2006 (MPP hours).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 3. Academic and private laboratory usage at NERSC, 2006 (MPP hours).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 4. NERSC usage by scientific discipline, 2006.