From MARYJO -8 at 8- neu.edu Wed Jan 10 20:02:30 1996 Received: from nuhub.dac.neu.edu for MARYJO-: at :-neu.edu by www.ccl.net (8.6.10/950822.1) id TAA11735; Wed, 10 Jan 1996 19:58:33 -0500 From: Received: from neu.edu by neu.edu (PMDF V4.3-7 #11963) id <01HZUVQERL8G9OCVM7 -8 at 8- neu.edu>; Wed, 10 Jan 1996 20:02:55 EST Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 20:02:55 -0500 (EST) Subject: Thanks! - Supercomputing summary To: chemistry*- at -*www.ccl.net Message-id: <01HZUVQETGR69OCVM7-: at :-neu.edu> X-Envelope-to: chemistry |-at-| www.ccl.net X-VMS-To: IN%"chemistry %-% at %-% www.ccl.net" MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Thanks to those who answered my question about supercomputer centers. Some people requested a summary, so here it is. Mary Jo ____________________________________________________________________ From Janet Del Bene: Mary Jo, My understanding is that the national NSF centers (Pittsburgh, San Diego, Cornell, etc.) are open to all by proposal. So, checking with one of these would be a good starting point. My experience is with the Ohio Supercomputer Center which is not in this group, and requires some type of "Ohio" affiliation as a prerequisite for access. Regards, Janet ___________________________________________________________________ Reply-to: Jeffrey.Nauss -8 at 8- UC.edu You might want to check out our WWW page at URL http://www.che.uc.edu/supercomputer.html. It is a brief list of the three centers we found most useful plus a link to Cal Tech for a more comprehensive list. > How can I find out about the centers (type of system, > software, support, etc.)? Follow the links in the above URL. > I would also be interested in the recent experiences > of supercomputer users. Was the system accessible > and reasonably easy to use? If you are doing biomedical applications, we found the Biomedical Supercomputing Center in Frederick, MD, very helpful. The connection to the site was fast with minimal interuptions and the staff were extremely helpful. Fo non-medical applications, the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center has also been helpful. Feel free to contact me if you do not have WWW access. -- Jeff Nauss **************************************************************************** * UU UU Jeffrey L. Nauss, PhD * * UU UU Director, Molecular Modeling Services * * UU UU Department of Chemistry * * UU UU CCCCCCC University of Cincinnati * * UU UU CCCCCCCC Cincinnati, OH 45221-0172 * * UUUU CC * * CC Telephone: 513-556-0148 Fax: 513-556-9239 * * CC * * CCCCCCCC e-mail: Jeffrey.Nauss#* at *#UC.Edu * * CCCCCCC URL http://www.che.uc.edu/~nauss * **************************************************************************** From: "Petety V. Balaji" Hi, >What supercomputer centers are currently active and >offer time to those outside (e.g by proposal)? > >How can I find out about the centers (type of system, >software, support, etc.)? Contact the Biomedical Supercomputing Center (BSC) at 301-846-5555 (or http://www.ncifcrf.gov) for details. It is part of the National Cancer Institute, NIH. Balaji _________________________________________________________________________ From: crowley- at -mantis.psc.edu (Michael Crowley) Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center is alive and well and has the following web pages to help you out in your efforts: http://www.psc.edu http://www.psc.edu/grants/grants.html If you need other phone numbers or contacts to this place, feel free to send me a message and I'll get the right people in contact with you. You probably want to look into the "starter grants" that you'll see in the second http page. Good luck, Michael Crowley ____________________________________________________________________ From: bender -8 at 8- ccl.net (Charlie Bender) Mary Jo, Take a look at http://www.ccl.net/casc.html a list most US based supers -- Charlie Bender Charlie Bender Director, Ohio Supercomputer Center Professor of Chemistry, Ohio State University 1224 Kinnear Rd. Columbus, OH 43212-1163 _________________________________________________________________________ From: "Michael D. Bartberger" Dear Mary Jo: Hiya! Funny you should post that question just now.... I just handed over a proposal to my research director, that I just now finished up. We are going to try to get some time at the San Diego Supercomputing Center. There are a few NSF-supported supercomputing centers in the US. You might be interested in SDSC (try www.sdsc.edu), NCSA at Urbana-Champagne (www.ncsa.uiuc.edu), Pennsylvannia (www.psc.edu, I think), and the Cornell Theory Center (which I can't remember off hand.) :) These web sites will tell you about installed software, application policies, etc. Anyway, there's a start. If I may ask, what kinds of systems are you working on? I'd love to talk more about the kind of research we have going on. Hope to hear from you soon, and I hope this helps. Michael ________________________________________________________________________________ Michael D. Bartberger bartberg -x- at -x- chem.ufl.edu TEL: (352) 392-3580 Department of Chemistry bartberg -x- at -x- qtp.ufl.edu FAX: (352) 846-0296 University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 USA ________________________________________________________________________________ From: bernhold: at :npac.syr.edu (David E. Bernholdt) The NSF centers grant time based on proposals. Their web pages will probably give you all the info you need: http://www.tc.cornell.edu http://www.sdsc.edu http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu http://www.psc.edu If you have funding from other agencies (i.e. DoE, DoD), you may be able to get access to some of their centers either by proposal, or via your program manager. Many states now have centers, but typically are open only to local researchers. I'm not aware of a center in MA. Good luck! -- David E. Bernholdt | Email: bernhold |-at-| npac.syr.edu Northeast Parallel Architectures Center | Phone: +1 315 443 3857 111 College Place, Syracuse University | Fax: +1 315 443 1973 Syracuse, NY 13244-4100 | URL: http://www.npac.syr.edu ________________________________________________________________________ From: rbw-!at!-msc.edu (Richard Walsh) Mary Jo, Minnesota Supercomputer Center, Inc. (MSCI) has been providing high-performance scientific computing services to academic and commercial users since the early 1980's. One of our largest current customers uses MSCI for both applications in computational chemistry and computational engineering and fluid dynamics. We support a wide range of third-party applications (I just installed the new version of ACESS II 2.0 today) and have an experienced scientific and technical staff. As a wholly owned subsidiary of CRAY Research we also have access to their applications support people. Please feel free to call me at 612-337-3467 and/or visit our web site at http://www.msc.edu for further information. Sincerely, Richard Walsh rbw "-at-" msc.edu Project Manager Chemistry Applications Support ____________________________________________________________________ From: Jie Yuan They all have web pages on the net. Do a web search and you can find all of them :-) I have used NCI's center in Frederick, MD, and Ohio Superc. Center (where CCL resides). I know Pitts., SanDiego and UIUC centers, but never used them. Jie ____________________________________________________________________ From: Anita Ilze Zvaigzne Try the following URLs: http://www.psc.edu/ Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center http://www.sdsc.edu/ San Diego Supercomputing Center Good luck! Anita Zvaigzne