National Science Foundation (NSF) 



NSF's HPCC program provides support for basic research in HPCC technologies and appli- 

 cations, national HPCC facilities and services, computational infrastructure, and education 

 and training. The program attempts to strategically guide broad currents of scientific inquiry 

 and discovery into critical application problem domains. In FY 1994, NSF will continue to 

 highlight interdisciplinary research, increased collaboration between computer scientists 

 and application scientists, and cross-sector partnerships. Areas that address pressing inter- 

 ests of science and the broader society will be targeted. 



Major NSF activities are planned in all five components 

 of the HPCC Program. Program activities are imple- 

 mented and executed through the existing NSF disci- 

 plinary program structure. An HPCC Coordinating 

 Group with a representative from each NSF research 

 directorate is responsible for assuring program develop- 

 ment and management consistent with the goals and 

 objectives of the HPCC Program. The result is a 

 shared-management, NSF-wide process touching on 

 almost all science and engineering disciplines. In FY 

 1992 over 1,200 individual awards were made by 75 

 separate disciplinary program offices. All HPCC awards 

 are subject to the Foundation's merit-based peer review 

 process. 



NSF will continue to pursue substantial industry partici- 

 pation and collaboration. Cooperation with industry is 

 achieved programmatically both through the natural 

 alignment of academic basic research interests in key 

 HPCC areas and through the deliberate structuring of 

 selected NSF programs to foster collaboration. These 

 interactions stimulate the growth of shared knowledge 

 and capabilities, improve the rate of technology transfer, 

 and identify new technologies and products of commer- 

 cial value. 



Two national NSF programs, NSFNET and the NSF 

 Supercomputer Centers, could not be conducted at their 

 present scope without significant industry interest and 

 collaboration. Extensive industry involvement with the 

 National Supercomputer Centers includes partnerships 

 and affiliate relationships, cooperative efforts in technol- 

 ogy development, and use of the centers' computing 

 resources and training facilities. Affiliation with a center 

 offers an innovative, low risk method of exploring and 

 ultimately exploiting the usefulness of high performance 

 computing technologies in a diverse intellectual and 



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