NPAC Technical Report SCCS-716
Involvement of Industry in the National High Performance Computing and Communication Enterprise
G. Fox
Submitted May 24 1995
Abstract
We discuss aspects of a national computer science agenda for
High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC). We agree
with the general direction and emphasis of the current program.
In particular, the strong experimental component and linkage of
applications with computer science should be continued. We
recommend accelerating the emphasis on ``national challenges''
with more applications and technologies from the information,
as compared to simulation areas. We suggest modifying the
grand challenge concept to complement the current teaming of
particular computer science and applications researchers. We would
emphasize better linking of each application group to the
entire (inter) national computer science activity. We express
this in terms of a virtual corporation metaphor. The same
approach can be used to involve industry in HPCC for both the
consumers of HPCC technology (application industries) and
producers---Independent Software Vendors (ISV) and the hardware
system companies. We illustrate this approach with InfoMall, a
HPCC technology transfer program funded by New York State. The
federal program should have greater incentives for the
involvement of both ISV's and their products.