Table of Contents 



I. Executive Summary 



II. The HPCC Program 



1 . Program Overview 7 



2. Program Management 1 -"i 



3. Interdependencies Among Components 20 



4. Coordination Among Agencies 21 



5. Membership on the HPCCIT Subcommittee 22 



6. Technology Collaboration with Industry and Academia 24 



7. Agency Budgets by HPCC Components 25 



8. Agency Responsibilities by HPCC Components 26 



III. HPCC Program Components 



1. High Performance Computing Systems 29 



2. National Research and Education Network 32 



3. Advanced Software Technology and Algorithms 41 



4. Information Infrastructure Technology and Applications 47 



5. Basic Research and Human Resources 35 



IV. Individual Agency Programs 



1 . Advanced Research Projects Agency 59 



2. National Science Foundation 64 



3. Department of Energy 72 



4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 81 



5. National Institutes of Health 87 



6. National Security Agency 96 



7. National Institute of Standards and Technology 101 



8. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 106 



9. Environmental Protection Agency 1 1 1 

 10. Department of Education 117 



V. Case Studies 



Introduction 1 1 9 



1 . Climate Modeling 120 



2. Sharing Remote Instruments 123 



3. Design and Simulation of Aerospace Vehicles 1 26 



4. High Performance Life Science: From Molecules to MRI 129 



