SCIENCE TEAM I GRAND CHALLENGE INVESTIGATORS
A Grand Challenge is a fundamental problem in science and engineering, with broad scientific and economic impact, whose solution can be advanced by high-performance computing.
Eight Grand Challenge Investigator teams chosen through a 1992 NASA Research Announcement completed their work in spring 1996. Efforts included probing the formation of the large-scale universe; modeling the global climate system in the past, present and future; ascertaining the dynamics of the interior of stars; and indexing and searching through massive Earth-observational data sets. The Grand Challenge Investigator teams and 21 Guest Computational Investigator (GCI) teams together comprised Science Team I.
Investigator Teams
Large Scale Structure and Galaxy Formation
- George Lake, University of Washington
- Proposal Abstract
- Web Server: University of Washington HPCC/ESS Project (N-body codes, tools, documentation, and more)
Application of Scalable Hierarchical Particle Algorithms to Cosmology and Accretion Astrophysics
- Wojciech Zurek, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Proposal Abstract
- Web Server: Scalable Hierarchical Particle Algorithms for Galaxy Formation and Accretion Astrophysics
- Web Server: Theoretical Astrophysics at Los Alamos
Understanding Solar Activity and Heliospheric Dynamics
- John Gardner, Naval Research Laboratory
- Proposal Abstract
- Web Server: Solar Activity & Heliospheric Dynamics
- Software: Multidimensional Flux-Corrected Transport Modules
Convective Turbulence and Mixing in Astrophysics
- Robert Rosner, University of Chicago
- Proposal Abstract
- Web Server: Mamma Liturchi Center for Computational Science
- Web Server: GAFD Turbulence
- Web Server: Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory (parallel programming tools and more)
Development of an Earth System Model: Atmosphere/Ocean Dynamics and Tracers Chemistry
- Roberto Mechoso, UCLA
- Proposal Abstract
- Web Server: UCLA Earth System Modeling Group
High Performance Computing and Four-Dimensional Data Assimilation: The Impact on Future and Current Problems
- Richard Rood, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
- Proposal Abstract
Development of Algorithms for Climate Models Scalable to TeraFLOP Performance
- Max Suarez, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
- Proposal Abstract
- Web Server: Evolved into NASA Seasonal-to-Interannual Prediction Project and then the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office
Data Analysis and Knowledge Discovery in Geophysical Databases
- Richard Muntz, UCLA
- Proposal Abstract
