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EMSL Project ID
13502

Abstract

A matrix of information and data related to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) science programs and missions will be constructed. A secure web-interface will be developed that will allow this information to be accessed, compared, and statistically studied.

Individual communities will undergo an assisted self-assessment that will result in the definition(s) of scientifically driven measures of performance and progress. Of particular interest will be the Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing projects but other programs will also be pursued.

These metrics will be empirically studied for each program on targeted high-end computing resources during meaningful production runs. Time-to-solution as a function of input instance is the first order metric of interest for verifiably valid runs.

The evaluation of the information gathered will assist in monitoring scientific achievement and progress, and will help guide future research and simulation proposals to the Office of Science.

Analysis and understanding of the performance and behavior of the production-scale runs will assist the Office of Science in its considerations for new computing architectures by quantifying relevant algorithms and methods employed over a broad class of applications, and identifying strengths and weaknesses in hardware, existing operating systems, and software components.

Project Details

Project type
Exploratory Research
Start Date
2005-02-21
End Date
2005-12-15
Status
Closed

Team

Principal Investigator

Kenneth Roche
Institution
Oak Ridge National Laboratory