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Nobel Prize-Supporting Work Among Highlights at Supercomputing 2007 Conference
By Jarrett Cohen
Nobel Peace Prize-supporting climate simulations were among the NASA achievements
showcased at Supercomputing 2007, the International Conference for High-
Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (SC07). The conference
drew 9,250 attendees to the Reno-Sparks Convention Center, Reno, Nevada,
November 10–16, 2007.
“NASA high-end computers are enabling simulations of the Earth's weather and climate
with ever-increasing detail, “ said CISTO Chief Phil Webster. “Among this year's
highlights, a NASA computer model simulated climate from 1880 through the present,
and made projections of 21st century climate.” |
Using a nine-screen hyperwall in NASA's SC07 research exhibit, CISTO Chief Phil Webster shows
movies of multiple fields from a Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) ModelE climate simulation
covering the years 1880 to 2100. Photo by Sally Stemwedel.
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In the NASA research exhibit, Webster showed a selection of Goddard Institute for
Space Studies (GISS) ModelE results on the nine-screen “mini-hyperwall, ” a traveling
version of NASA's 49-screen hyperwall visualization tool. Model simulations generated
using NASA Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS) supercomputers helped
support the most recent assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC), co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) had record participation in the SC07 exhibit, with
representatives from across the Sciences and Exploration Directorate and academic
and industry collaborators.
Shown under the title “Global Climate Modeling: The Future of Our Planet,’ the GISS
model results were the centerpiece of a three-part “GSFC Application Highlights ” presentation. Parts 1 and 3 were “Mesoscale Dynamics and Modeling Group ” by the
Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Branch and “Binary Black Hole Merger Simulations ”
by the Gravitational Physics Laboratory. Tom Clune, Lead, Advanced Software
Technology Group (ASTG), Software Integration and Visualization Office (SIVO), gave
the presentation as well.
The NASA exhibit's theater area also featured presentations by GSFC staff members
and a university-based principal investigator:
- “Discover–NCCS Scalable Cluster, ” by Dan Duffy, Bruce Pfaff, and Mike Rouch
of the NCCS.
- “From Remote Sensing to Global Simulation, ” by Horace Mitchell of SIVO's
Scientific Visualization Studio.
- “Numerical Investigation of Young Stars,” by Marina Romanova of Cornell
University.
- “Technology Evaluations for Data-Intensive Computing at NASA Goddard,” by
Duffy.
A variety of demonstrations were shown at dedicated workstation stands throughout the
exhibit:
- “3D Holographic Visualization Over SCinet & Beyond” by Pat Gary of CISTO's
High-End Computer Network team, Ben Kobler of the NCCS and the Science
Data Systems Branch, and Kirill Kolesnikov, David Bumjong Lim, and Alexander
Naumov of Physical Optics Corp., a NASA Small Business Innovative Research
partner.
- “Feasibility of IBM Cell Technology for Earth and Space Science,” by Shujia Zhou
of SIVO/ASTG.
- “High-Performance Computing for NASA Upper Troposphere Composition
Research, “ by Brice Womack of SIVO/ASTG.
- “Numerical Modeling of Martian Historical Dynamo,” by Weiyuan Jiang of the
University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
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