Workshop
on
Computational
Geoinformatics
Washington,
D.C.
May 2-4, 2004
Radisson Barcelo Hotel
This
workshop investigated the future high performance computational needs
of the
Earth
Science community in the U.S. for the next 5-10 years. The participants
spaned fields of geophysics, geochemistry, and hydrology. Industry
representatives and supercomputer center representatives
patricipated. Talks
centered around future high performance computing needs, both in terms
of
identifying the scientific frontiers that need such resources, and
delineating
the resources needed. A complete report of
the workshop is published.
Although commodity computers continue to decrease in price and increase in availability, major problems in computational Earth Science remain compute bound. In the Top500 supercomputers (http://www.top500.org/ ) there is currently no machine dedicated to geophysics or hydrology in the U.S., although the number one machine, the Earth Simulator in Japan, is dedicated to Earth Science. In addition to hardware, software is a major issue. Most workhorse codes in Earth Science in the U.S. are academic codes with little or no documentation, and sometimes after a project is completed it is difficult for someone to reproduce or test results. Grid computing is an exciting new concept, and how new generation networks are built will impact future computational work in Earth Science. Finally, for many studies, visualization of the results is key. What are the needs of the Earth Science community for major visualization facilities? What are the scientific frontiers in Computational Earth Science?
Steering Committee:
|
Ronald Cohen (chair) |
Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington |
|
Andrea Donnellan |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
|
Gordon Erlebacher |
Florida State University |
|
Geoffrey Fox |
Indiana University |
|
Mark Ghiorso |
University of Chicago |
|
Gary Glatzmaier |
University of California, Santa Cruz |
|
John Helly |
University of California, San Diego |
|
Weija Kuang |
NASA |
|
Marc Spiegelman |
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory |
|
Bryan Travis |
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
|
Jeroen Tromp |
Seismological Laboratory, Caltech |
|
David Yuen |
University of Minnesota |
There were five Working Groups who will research and report at the workshop on the status and computational needs of each area.
For more information you may contact: Ronald E. Cohen at r.cohen@gl.ciw.edu