Federal Supercomputer Programs and Policies

Federal Supercomputer Programs and Policies PDF

Author: U. S. Committee on Science a Technology

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-12-27

Total Pages: 814

ISBN-13: 9781334779855

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Excerpt from Federal Supercomputer Programs and Policies: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy Development and Applications and the Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology of the Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, First Session, June 10, 1985 The introduction of supercomputers, along with the desire for faster, more cost-effective processing of alternative design studies, has led to the construction of larger and larger mathematical models developed through the use of a technique called Finite Ele ment Analysis, often abbreviated as fea. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

High Performance Computing and Network Program

High Performance Computing and Network Program PDF

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Science

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13:

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The purpose of the hearing transcribed in this document was to obtain the views of representatives of network user and provider communities regarding the path the National Science Foundation (NSF) is taking for recompetition of the NSFNET computer network. In particular the committee was interested in the consistency of the evolution of NSFNET with the goals and characteristics of the National Research and Education Network specified in the High Performance Computing Act. Another purpose of the hearing was to explore possible legislation that would expand the program into additional applications for broad public benefit, including education, teacher training, manufacturing technologies, medical imaging, and the creation of standards for the storage of data in digital libraries. Persons who offered testimony and prepared statements were: (1) Robert C. Heterick, Jr., EDUCOM; (2) Thomas J. Tauke, NYNEX; (3) Kenneth J. Klingenstein, University of Colorado at Boulder and Federation of American Research Networks; (4) Mitchell Kapor, Electronic Frontier Foundation; (5) Kenneth R. Kay, Computer Systems Policy Project; (6) Michael McDonald, Communications and Computer Applications in Public Health; (7) Sara A. Parker, Pennsylvania State libraries and representing the American Library Association; and (8) Charlie Bender, Coalition of Academic Supercomputer Centers. (KRN)

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