"A Consortium to Promote Computational Science and High Performance Computing"

Project

May 14, 2004 - The Department of Computer Science at Appalachian State University in collaboration with seven additional UNC institutions received seed grants totaling ~650,000 over the next two years to start the development of advanced research and education applications in high-performance computing.  The mission is to provide undergraduate students at comprehensive universities with an opportunity to study computational sciences and high-performance computing at a level comparable to students at Research I universities, to promote faculty research involving undergraduates, and to promote grid computing methodologies throughout North Carolina. The project will pool knowledge resources and courses at the eight collaborating institutions to graduate a large number of students trained in computational sciences, establish a grid network to support research, and export the technology to local IT companies through a summer workshop.

Funding for this project comes from the UNC Office of the President to continue support for a stable infrastructure of computational resources for the state’s higher education community.

Last modified on Aug 10, 2005, e-mail comments or corrections to rt@cs.appstate.edu