Basic Research and Human Resources 

 (BRHR) 



The BRHR component is designed to increase the flow of innovative ideas by encouraging investiga- 

 tor-initiated, long-term research in scalable high performance computing; to increase the pool of 

 skilled and trained personnel by enhancing education and training in high performance computing and 

 communications; and to provide the infrastructure needed to support these research and education 

 activities. 



The BRHR component is organized into four elements: 



I. Basic Research 



This element supports increased participation by individual investigators in conducting disciplinary 

 and multidisciplinary research in computer science, computer engineering, and computational science 

 and engineering related to high performance computing and communications. Research topics 

 include: 



ti Foundations of future high performance computing systems. 



Q High performance hardware components and systems, high density packaging technologies, and 

 system design tools. 



3 Mathematical models, numeric and symbolic algorithms, and library development for scalable 

 and massively parallel computers. 



Q High level languages, performance prediction models and tools, and fault tolerant strategies for 

 parallel and distributed systems. 



3 Large scale database processing; knowledge based processing; image processing; digital 

 libraries; visualization; and multimedia computing. 



Q Resource management strategies and software collaboratory environments for scalable parallel 

 and heterogeneous distributed systems. 



II. Research Participation and Training 



This element addresses the human resources pipeline in the computer and computational sciences, at 

 undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral (training and re-training) levels. Activities include: 



Q Workshops, short courses, and seminars. 



Q Fellowships in computational science and engineering and experimental computer science. 



Q Career training in medical informatics through grants to young investigators. 



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