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Award Abstract #0521169
MRI: Interdisciplinary Cluster Computing at a Liberal Arts College
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NSF Org: |
CNS
Division of Computer and Network Systems
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Initial Amendment Date: |
August 1, 2005 |
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Latest Amendment Date: |
August 1, 2005 |
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Award Number: |
0521169 |
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Award Instrument: |
Standard Grant |
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Program Manager: |
Rita V. Rodriguez
CNS Division of Computer and Network Systems
CSE Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering
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Start Date: |
September 1, 2005 |
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Expires: |
August 31, 2008 (Estimated) |
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Awarded Amount to Date: |
$298839 |
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Investigator(s): |
Scott Kaplan sfkaplan@cs.amherst.edu (Principal Investigator)
James Hagadorn (Co-Principal Investigator) William Loinaz (Co-Principal Investigator)
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Sponsor: |
Amherst College
Comptrollers Office
Amherst, MA 01002 413/542-2000
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NSF Program(s): |
SCI TESTBEDS, MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION
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Field Application(s): |
0000912 Computer Science
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Program Reference Code(s): |
HPCC, 9218, 9217, 9135
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Program Element Code(s): |
7368, 1189
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ABSTRACT
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This project, setting up a computer cluster for research that requires substantial computational processing and data storage, enables the following research:
-Integration of buffer cache policies;
-Insights into lattice quantum field theories;
-Fossil visualization; and a
-Computational model for dispersion of mercury.
The first combines strategies for managing main memory within computer systems simulating the many ways in which these strategies can be combined, determining the effect each has on the other, and ultimately developing a unified main memory manager for operating system kernels. The second applies computational intensive methods to gain insights into lattice quantum field theories. Using Monte Carlo simulation, this project seeks an understanding of the basic physics (e.g., the phase structure) of these models. The models will be used as a laboratory for studying improved actions and algorithms. The third attempts to improve the delays that occur in the process of converting attenuation projections into slice images when using X-radiographic computed tomography to visualize fossils embedded in rock. The last develops a computational model for dispersion of mercury from a nearby coal-fired power plant. The computational capabilities permit exploring the full 40-year historical data record, thus allowing testing and refinement of the local atmospheric chemistry and transport model. Additional faculty from other areas will use the facility to expand the depth and breadth of existing research projects and new lines of investigation requiring massive computational power. The Five College Consortium (Amherst, Mount Holyoke, Smith, Hampshire, and U Mass) will share the infrastructure.
Broader Impact: This infrastructure promotes multidisciplinary and inter-institutional research. The cluster will be used for honor theses and summer research. Hence, the computer cluster increases the opportunity for students, including many female and minority students, to engage in research. Many of the undergraduates being serviced should continue unto graduate school.
PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH
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Hagadorn, J. W., Xiao, S., Donoghue, P. C. J., Bengtson, S., Gostling, N. J., Pawlowska, M., Raff, E. C., Raff, R. A., Turner, F. R., Chongyu, Y., Zhou
, C., Yuan, X., McFeely, M. B., Stampanoni, M., Nealson, K. H..
"Integrated X-ray insights into cellular and subcellular structures of Neoproteroz
oic animal embryos,"
Science,
v.314,
2006,
p. 291.
Levin, R. A. and J. S. Miller.
"Relationships within tribe Lycieae
(Solanaceae): paraphyly of Lycium and multiple origins of gender dimorphism,"
American Journal of Botany,
v.92,
2005,
p. 2044.
Levin, R. A., G. Bernardello, A. M. Venter, J. R. Shak, and J. S. Miller.
"Evolutionary relationships in tribe Lycieae (Solanaceae),"
Acta
Horticulturae,
v.745,
2007,
p. 225.
Xiao, S., Hagadorn, J. W., Zhou, C., and Yuan, X..
"Rare helical spheroidal fossils from the Doushantuo Lagerstette: Ediacaran animal embryos co
me of age?,"
Geology,
v.35,
2007,
p. 115.
(Showing: 1 - 4 of 4).
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