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Rep. Johnson Recognizes NCSA, U of I with Congressional Statementreleased September 11, 2001
Contact Editor's note: The following statement was read into the Congressional Record on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2001 by U.S. Representative Timothy V. Johnson (R-IL). The statement recognizes NCSA for being one of four recipients of the National Science Foundation's Distributed Terascale Facility award and for its continued leadership in buidling and deploying technologies that enable scientific breakthroughs. THE HONORABLE TIMOTHY V. JOHNSON OF ILLINOIS
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and its new role in building the largest, most comprehensive computational infrastructure ever deployed for open scientific research. The Distributed Terascale Facility, or DTF, will provide the computing power that will enable the scientific discoveries of the 21st century, including computers capable of processing trillions of calculations per second and hundreds of terabytes of data storage capacity. The DTF computing systems will begin operation in 2002 and the network connecting these computational and data resources will be 16 times faster than today's fastest high-speed research network. On Wednesday, September 5, in my State of Illinois, a new facility is being dedicated, which will house the main computing engines of the DTF. This state-of-the-art facility will be connected to resources and research centers across the country through an ultra-highspeed network. There is no question that scientific research is crucial to our nation's future success. Scientific discoveries and technological innovations not only drive our economy, but they provide a better quality of life for our citizens. In the recent past, we have seen phenomenal scientific advances that promise to help us understand the workings of the brain, discover new drugs to fight cancer, accurately predict severe storms, and build safer, more durable airplanes, buildings and bridges. The high-performance computers and resources connected by an ultrafast network to form the DTF "teragrid" will enable the discoveries of the next century. Using the teragrid, scientists and researchers across the continent will be able to share resources, call upon remote databases, develop new applications and visualize the results of complex computer simulations. I applaud all those involved in this partnership to make the DTF a reality: the National Science Foundation for providing $53 million for the project; Qwest Communications, IBM, and Intel, for their technological contributions; and the research centers that will build and deploy the DTF-The National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; the San Diego Supercomputer Center at the University of California, San Diego; Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Illinois, and the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. In closing, I extend my best wishes and congratulations to the dedicated people in these organizations who are clearly committed to employing cutting-edge technologies to build the 21st century's computing and information infrastructure. This infrastructure will help keep our businesses competitive, assist the best scientists and researchers across our nation in advancing the frontiers of discovery, and allow us to solve the most pressing problems of our time.
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