Scientific Computing Research Environments for the Mathematical Sciences (SCREMS) - Beowulf Linux Cluster Project

University Of North Carolina At Charlotte, Charlotte NC

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Abstract

NSF Proposal Number: DMS-0215443 PIs: Kawczak, Cai, Lucas, Sun, and Zhu. ABSTRACT The Department of Mathematics at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte will purchase computer equipment which will be dedicated to the support of research in the mathematical sciences. The equipment will be used for several research projects, including in particular: a) fast algorithms for wave scattering in layered media for electronic packaging and geophysical exploration, b) a PDE based nonlinear least squares approach to imaging in diffusion tomography, c) tests for comparing mark-speciffic hazards, d) pricing lookback-Asian options. The newly established Ph.D. program in Applied Mathematics is developing very rapidly and so are the demands for the computing power coming from the body of graduate students and researchers. The Mathematics Department has played a prominent role in the University's recent change in status to a doctoral status by the state and continues to do so as the University aggressively pushes its next goal of becoming designated as Research Extensive. The availability of a high performance computing server will be an integral part of the Mathematics Department's continuing push to be at the forefront of the University's research enterprise.