Background and Motivation
The National Science Foundation has made investment in Cyberinfrastructure, including multiple aspects of Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI), a major priority which is expected to have great impact on progress in science and engineering for many years to come. Fluid dynamics is a discipline which has found advanced computation very useful, and has, indeed, led the way in many computational advances. However, in order to maximize the impact of NSF-sponsored computational resources, there is a need to invest further in the development of algorithms capable of extreme scalability, and to foster a new collaborative spirit towards building the tools needed to enable systematic sharing of both codes and data, in the manner of the concept of Engineering Virtual Organizations (nsf07-558).
Workshop Content and Objectives
In view of the great opportunities and challenges as noted above, the Fluid Dynamics Program at NSF, in cooperation with several other programmatic units, is sponsoring a Workshop which will bring together leading members of the research community, NSF Program Officers (including those from the Office of Cyberinfrastructure), and representatives of leading supercomputer centers for a 1.5 day program of invited presentations and extensive periods of discussion.
The Objectives of the Workshop are, briefly:
1. To share expertise and discuss future outlook in advanced computing, including the use of TeraGrid resources and new challenges likely to arise on future platforms approaching or exceeding Petascale levels.
2. To build a "virtual community" for Cyber-enabled knowledge discovery in fluid dynamics, focusing on a need for sustaining long-term data repositories and new software tools to facilitate wide access to data and algorithms.
3. To promote public awareness, education and outreach in the field, which is crucial for maintaining and enhancing agency investments as well as recruiting young minds
Invited participants (approximately 40 in total) will include experts who specialize in generating large-scale datasets, those who use the data, and those who have a strong record and commitment in educational and outreach activities. Breakout and plenary discussion periods will emphasize new collaborative strategies needed to overcome current impediments to sharing and analyzing large simulation datasets. All presentations will be posted and maintained on a conference website hosted at the Georgia Institute of Technology. A formal report that includes a set of recommendations will be delivered to NSF.
We hope this Workshop will give new meaning to the acronym CFD - as Cyber Fluid Dynamics, a broader concept than traditional "computational" fluid dynamics.
Workshop Contacts and Logistics
The Organizers for this Workshop are:
P.K Yeung (Primary Contact)
School of Aerospace Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0150
E-mail: pk.yeung@ae.gatech.edu
Tel: 1-404-894-9341
Fax: 1-404-894-2760
Robert D. Moser (University of Texas at Austin)
William W. Schultz (NSF Fluid Dynamics Program)
Questions concerning logistical matters including registration, travel, accommodations and reimbursement procedures may also be directed to:
Cathy Valero
School of Aerospace Engineering
Georgia Instute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0150
E-mail: cathy.valero@ae.gatech.edu
Tel: 404-894-3032
Fax: 404-894-2760
