Science Portal Story: Chuang Ren Receives an Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) Award from the Department of Energy
See: Science Portal Story
http://www.science.rochester.edu/depts/mech_eng/archives/me_020107.html
Chuang Ren,assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering and Physics, has been selected as one of 45 recipients from academia and industry of a 2007 Department of Energy Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) award. Specifically, he and his team will receive a breathtaking 2,000,000 processor hours on the NERSC High Performance Computer at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory for the period January 9, 2006 through January 8, 2007. Prof. Ren is a computational and theoretical plasma physicist and the project for which he will use the computer time is entitled Three-Dimensional Particle-in-Cell Simulations for Fast Ignition. This supports his research effort in Inertial Confinement Fusion research at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics.
The Department of Energy (DOE) announced the INCITE awards on January 8, 2007 at the Council on Competitiveness Office, in Washington DC. The press release and further information can be found here: http://www.doe.gov/print/4569.htm
and also at hpcwire.dom
http://www.hpcwire.com/hpc/1193209.html
This is the second time that Ren was recognized by the DOE. In 2006 he was awarded a DOE Faculty Development Award in Plasma Physics.
p.s. note added 1/18/2007 - See UR Press release expanding on this story
http://www.rochester.edu/news/show.php?id=2728
January 17, 2007 Professor Wins 2 Million Supercomputer Hours
Chuang Ren, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and physics at the University of Rochester has won a U. S. Department of Energy awardˢand with it a chance to conduct his fusion research on a supercomputer.
Between now and Jan. 9, 2008, Ren will use 2 million hours' worth of computing time on the NERSC HPC high performance computer at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to run large-scale simulations of fast ignition, a new method to achieve fusion as a long-term, environment-friendly energy source for humanity. He is a computational and theoretical fluids-plasma scientist and the project for which he will use the computer time is titled "Three-Dimensional Particle-in-Cell Simulations for Fast Ignition."
Ren's simulations of fast ignition will be an important part of the research within the DOE Fusion Science Center for Extreme States of Matter and Fast Ignition Physics to assess the potential of a new fusion concept. The results will have impact on fast ignition experiments now planned at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) at the University of Rochester and other facilities.
Ren's time on the supercomputer is measured in processor-hours. A project receiving 2 million hours could run on 4,000 processors for 500 hours, or about 21 days. Running a 2-million-hour project on a single-processor desktop computer would take more than 228 years.
In total, 45 researchers from universities and corporations across the country successfully competed for the 2007 Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) award, which was announced on Jan. 8.
Launched in 2003, the INCITE mission is to advance American science and industrial competitiveness. These awards will assist in that mission by supporting computationally intensive, large-scale research projects and award them large amounts of dedicated time on DOE supercomputers. The projects, with applications from aeronautics and astrophysics, to consumer products and combustion research were competitively chosen based on the potential impact of the science and engineering research and the suitability of the project for use of supercomputers.
See also Democrat and Chronicle Article
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070117/NEWS01/70117006/1002/NEWS
January 17, 2007) ˲ A University of Rochester researcher has won 2 million hours of computing time on a supercomputer from the U.S. Department of Energy for his fusion research.
Chuang Ren, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and physics, has received 2 million hours of time on the NERSC HPC supercomputer at the California-based Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to run massive simulations of fast ignition ˲ a method of achieving fusion. The hours will be used between now and early 2008.
Renâ•˚s supercomputing time is measured in â•ıprocessor hours.â•° According to UR, a project receiving 2 million hours could run on 4,000 processors for 500 hours. Running 2 million hours on a single-processor desktop computer would take more than 228 years.
Ren is one of 45 researchers from universities and companies around the nation awarded time in the 2007 Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment.
Launched in 2003, the award is aimed at advancing U.S. science and business competitiveness by backing intensive, large-scale research projects with large amounts of dedicated time on federal supercomputers.
Article submitted by:
Eric G. Blackman
1/10/07; 1:10:16 AM