Skip to main content

Future Directions for NSF Advanced Computing Infrastructure to Support U.S. Science and Engineering in 2017-2020 (2016) / Chapter Skim
Currently Skimming:

Summary
Pages 1-8

The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.


From page 1...
... Advanced computing refers here to the advanced technical capabilities, including computer systems, software, and expert staff, that support a wide range of science and engineering research and that are of a large enough scale and cost that they are typically shared among multiple researchers, institutions, and applications. Advanced computing encompasses support for data-driven research as well as modeling and simulation.
Read the entire page →
From page 2...
... However, NSF computing centers already exploit economies of scale and load sharing, and commercial cloud providers do not currently support very large, tightly coupled parallel applications, especially for high-end simulation workloads. For other applications, especially data-centric workloads and communities that share data sets, cloud computing is positioned today to play a growing role.
Read the entire page →
From page 3...
... As it supports the full range of science require ments for advanced computing in the 2017-2020 time frame, the National Science Foundation (NSF) should pay particular attention to providing support for the revolution in data-driven science along with simulation.
Read the entire page →
From page 4...
... To inform decisions about capabilities planned for 2020 and beyond, the National Science Foundation (NSF) should collect community requirements and construct and publish roadmaps to allow it to better set priorities and make more strategic decisions about advanced computing.
Read the entire page →
From page 5...
... The National Science Foundation (NSF) should adopt approaches that allow investments in advanced computing hardware acquisition, computing services, data services, expertise, algorithms, and software to be considered in an integrated manner.
Read the entire page →
From page 6...
... Recommendation 5. The National Science Foundation (NSF)
Read the entire page →
From page 7...
... The National Science Foundation (NSF) should manage advanced computing investments in a more predictable and sustainable way.
Read the entire page →
From page 8...
... It would also create new opportunities for NSF's advanced computing programs to address long-term storage, preservation, and curation challenges for data.
Read the entire page →

Key Terms

  • nsf advanced
  • computing infrastructure
  • computing facilities
  • future directions
  • computing resources

  • computing investments
  • computing capabilities
  • commercial cloud
  • cloud computing
  • provide advanced

  • computing strategy
  • computing services
  • computing programs
  • computing centers
  • port scientific

  • resources meet
  • proposed research
  • total cost
  • changing rapidly
  • cost sharing

  • meet community
  • continued leadership
  • future advanced
  • nsf computing
  • advanced cyberinfrastructure

  • computing computer
  • computing refers
  • computing capability
  • prioritize advanced
  • shared advanced


    • This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
    More information on Chapter Skim is available.