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High Performance Computing and Communication Research at the National Science Foundation

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Workshop on High Performance Computing and Gigabit Local Area Networks

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This paper describes the High Performance Computation and Communications (HPCC) of the National Science Foundation (NSF). The rationale and organization of the US level HPCC program are outlined to present the context. Then the NSF’s HPCC-related activities are presented in more detail.

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Abdali, S.K. (1997). High Performance Computing and Communication Research at the National Science Foundation. In: Cooperman, G., Michler, G., Vinck, H. (eds) Workshop on High Performance Computing and Gigabit Local Area Networks. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol 226. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3540761691_2

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