Some Comments on Simulation and HPCC
HPCC is a maturing field with many organizations installing large scale systems
These include NSF (academic computations), DoE (Dept of Energy) and DoD (Defense)
There are new applications with new algorithmic challenges
- Our work on Black Holes has novel adaptive meshes
- On earthquake simulation, new “fast multipole” approaches to a problem not tackled this way before
- On financial modeling, new Monte Carlo methods for complex options
However these are not “qualitatively” new concepts
Software ideas are “sound” but note simulation is only a few percent of total computer market
- Use where possible software from other sources (such as web)which can spend more money on each feature!