Some Comments on Simulation and HPCC
HPCC is a maturing field with many organizations installing large scale systems
These include NSF (academic computations) with PACI activity, DoE (Dept of Energy) with ASCI and DoD (Defense) with Modernization
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 and software immature
- Use where possible software from other sources (such as web)which can spend more money on each feature!