Title :
The Impact of High-End Computing on NASA Missions
Author :
Biswas, Rupak ; Dunbar, Jill ; Hardman, John ; Bailey, F. Ron ; Wheeler, Lorien ; Rogers, Stuart
Author_Institution :
Ames Res. Center, Adv. Supercomput. (NAS) Div., NASA, Ames, IA, USA
Abstract :
The NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) facility at Ames Research Center has enabled remarkable breakthroughs in the space agency´s science and engineering missions. For 30 years, NAS experts have influenced the state of the art in high-performance computing and related technologies.
Keywords :
astronomy computing; parallel processing; Ames Research Center; NAS experts; NASA advanced supercomputing facility; NASA missions; high-performance computing; higti-end computing; space agency engineering missions; space agency science missions; Atmospheric modeling; Computational fluid dynamics; Computational modeling; Data visualization; NASA; Numerical models; Parallel architectures; Parallel processing; Supercomputers; aerospace; and visualization; history of computing; information technology and systems; modeling; parallel processors; processor architectures; simulation;
Journal_Title :
IT Professional
DOI :
10.1109/MITP.2011.110
