data link for June 1999

Alliance-enabled Capability Computing: The Alliance has defined what constitutes a capability computing project. Learn the parameters and see if your project should be considered as a "hero simulation." An outstanding example of capability computing and resources for more information are included. §
Building the Grid: Advanced network-based applications require services not provided by today’s Internet and Web. To support these new applications, a grid is needed that integrates new types of resource into the network fabric and provides enhanced "middleware" services such as quality of service within the fabric itself. Read Ian Foster's recently released draft position paper on building the grid. Foster is a member of the Alliance Distributed Computing team. §
NSF Grants Database: Community of Science (COS) is a collaborative network of scientists and their institutions striving to accelerate science and promote the visibility and funding of scientific research. Their database, updated weekly, can help you determine which projects are being funded by NSF in areas of science and engineering that interest you. Other databases are available on the COS site. §
Attend a Chautauqua in Your Region: Alliance Chautauquas 99 are workshops featuring lectures, hands-on demonstrations, and special events designed to introduce new audiences to the technologies and applications of the emerging National Technology Grid. The University of Kentucky, University of New Mexico, and Boston University are your hosts for Chautauqua 99 events. Check out the agendas and make your plans to attend! §
CIC User Support Workshop: If you work at a CIC institution and provide high-performance-computing user support, take note of this one-day workshop scheduled for July 20 in Minneapolis. Presentation volunteers are solicited. §
Multimedia Computing and Networking 2000: The deadline is just around the corner (July 9) to participate as a presenter to this conference, to be held in San Jose, CA, in January 2000. Sponsored by SPIE, IS&T, and ACM SIG Multimedia, MMCN00 will serve as a forum for the dissemination of state-of-the-art research, development, and implementations of multimedia systems, technologies, and applications. §
Using Parallel Numerical Libraries: A new course offered by the Ohio Supercomputer Center covers the de facto standards for parallel linear algebra: SCALAPACK (the parallel successor to LAPACK) and PBLAS (the parallel successor to BLAS). David Ennis recently taught this course live but interested readers can also benefit from the online materials. §
MHPCC Helps Design America's Cup Entry: Advanced computational fluid dynamics -- usually applied in aircraft testing -- are being applied to the keel, rudder, and sail of a yacht whose design was optimized for operations in the waters off Auckland, New Zealand, where the America's Cup race will be held this year. The Maui High Performance Computing Center, a PACS Advanced Computational Resources site, recently launched an effort to actively market some of the center's resources as a relatively inexpensive alternative to buying high-end hardware. §