Technology Collaboration with 

 Industry and Academia 



HPCC agencies work in partnership with each other and industry and academia to develop cost-effec- 

 tive high performance computing and communications technologies. The HPCC Program fosters the 

 development and use of advanced off-the-shelf technology so that research results and products are 

 simultaneously available to support both Federal agency missions and the computational needs of the 

 academic and private sectors. 



HPCC research is carried out in close collaboration with industry, particularly manufacturers of com- 

 puter and comnuinications hardware, software developers, and representatives from key applications 

 areas. A number of mechanisms are used to facilitate these interactions: consortia, contracts, cooper- 

 ative agreements such as Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs). grants, and 

 other transactions. Some examples of these collaborations are: 



^The gigabit testbeds (described on pages 37-39 in the NREN section). 



-"The Concurrent SuperComputing Consortium (described on page 44 in the ASTA section). 



3 The National Consortium for High Performance Computing established by ARPA in coopera- 

 tion with NSF (described on pages 44-45 in the ASTA section). 



3NSF's National Supercomputer Centers and Science and Technology Centers and their metacen- 

 ter efforts (described on page 66 in the NSF section). 



3 The Computational Aerosciences Consortium (described on page 85 in the NASA section). 



J The Consortium on Advanced Modeling of Regional Air Quality (CAMRAQ) (described on 

 pages 45-46 in the ASTA section). 



The National Coordination Office for High Performance Computing and Communications meets with 

 representatives from industry and academia. Major HPCC conferences and workshops held by HPCC 

 agencies or addressing HPCC issues have included a number of representatives from industry and 

 academia as well. Further details about these activities are presented in the Program Management sec- 

 tion. 



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