University HPCC Issues and Requirements
Universities interact with HPCC in three distinct ways
- Research in HPCC: This is reduced in level but healthy
- Using HPCC facilities for large scale simulations in areas like biochemistry and astrophysics: NSF new solicitation with 2 major PACI partnerships signals success and reinvigoration
- Education of students in field: this is not so satisfactory as in general number of skilled people in computer field is less than demand and students are:
- Leaving both HPCC areas in computer science (Web, databases appear to have better job opportunities)
- Leaving major application areas like physics (enrollment dropping)
- We propose a new educational focus on Internetics to attract students in an area that includes both web and HPCC technologies
- Also distance education and more enlightened immigration policies can make a major help