The Missing Links to Widespread Improvements
in U.S. Industrial Global Competitiveness
Myron Ginsberg, Ph.D.
ACM Fellow, IEEE Senior Member, and CTO
HPC Research and Education
Farmington Hills, MI 48335-1222
E-mail: m.ginsberg@ieee.org
Dr. Myron Ginsberg l HPC Research & Education l SIAM Great Lakes Section Symposium on Complexity
and Business Analytics: Theory and Applications, October 10, 2008
Abstract of Presentation
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This presentation will focus on current high-performance
computing (HPC) barriers in U.S. industry and several
approaches to improve the situation and resultant U.S.
industrial competitiveness. The following topics will be
included: U.S. Council on Competitiveness studies of U.S.
globalization; reasons for lagging behind government research
labs/academic research groups; reducing the time gap between
product conception and production via use of HPC tools;
arising opportunities for cooperative and innovative efforts with
government labs and universities; and a collection of internet
references documenting U.S. industry successes and failures as
well as challenges to significantly improve effective product
globalization.
Dr. Myron Ginsberg l HPC Research & Education l SIAM Great Lakes Section Symposium on Complexity
and Business Analytics: Theory and Applications, October 10, 2008
Outline of Presentation
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HPC importance for everyone
Flavors of HPC
Industrial HPC bottlenecks
HPC industrial success stories
Missing links
Challenges to all HPC users
Will HPC improve global competitiveness?
References
Dr. Myron Ginsberg l HPC Research & Education l SIAM Great Lakes Section Symposium on Complexity
and Business Analytics: Theory and Applications, October 10, 2008
Missing Links
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CSE Support Personnel
Assessing HPC Application Needs
Access to HPC Hardware Resources
ROI Case to Upper Management
ISV Tech Transfer Role
Opportunities for Gov/Academic Collaboration
Meeting Challenges to All HPC Users
On-Demand HPC cycles
Dr. Myron Ginsberg l HPC Research & Education l SIAM Great Lakes Section Symposium on Complexity
and Business Analytics: Theory and Applications, October 10, 2008
U.S. Computational Science Programs
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Clark University
Florida State Dept. of Sci Comp
George Mason University
George Washington U (VA)
Georgia State University
Georgia Tech University
Indiana U (Bloomington)
Mississippi State University
MIT
New York University
Ohio University
Old Dominion University
Oregon State University
Penn State University
Princeton University
Purdue University
Rensselaer Polytechnic
Rice University
San Diego State University
Stanford University
SUNY Brockport
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SUNY Stony Brook
Syracuse University
U of California, Berkeley
U of California, Santa Barbara
U of Colorado (Denver)
U of Delaware
U of Houston
U of Illinois (Chicago)
U of Illinois (Urbana)
U of Iowa
U of Maryland (College Park)
U of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
U of Michigan (Dearborn)
U of Minnesota
U of Tennessee (Chattanooga)
U of Tennessee (Knoxville)
U of Texas (Austin)
U of Utah
College of William and Mary
Wittenberg University
Wofford College
Dr. Myron Ginsberg l HPC Research & Education l SIAM Great Lakes Section Symposium on Complexity
and Business Analytics: Theory and Applications, October 10, 2008
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Dr. Myron Ginsberg l HPC Research & Education l SIAM Great Lakes Section Symposium on Complexity
and Business Analytics: Theory and Applications, October 10, 2008
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Dr. Myron Ginsberg l HPC Research & Education l SIAM Great Lakes Section Symposium on Complexity
and Business Analytics: Theory and Applications, October 10, 2008