Center for Computation and Technology: Difference between revisions

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CCT is an innovative research environment, advancing computational sciences, technologies and the disciplines they touch. Researchers at CCT use the advanced cyberinfrastructure – systems that incorporate high-speed networks, high-performance computing, advanced data storage and analysis and hardware and software development – available on campus to enable breakthroughs in many academic fields, from physics to computer science to art and animation.

CCT’s Director is Ed Seidel, Ph.D.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Seidel[Ed Seidel|Ed Seidel Wikipedia]], who is internationally renowned for his work in numerical relativity. Seidel was the recipient of the 2006 Sidney Fernbach award, an international honor from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers that recognizes career achievements in using high-performance computer technology to solve problems in demanding application areas, such as physics or engineering. Seidel was honored for his work to develop collaborative, high-performance computing approaches to solve complex problems in physics, such as Einstein’s equations of general relativity, specifically for colliding black holes.

In addition to Director Ed Seidel, staff at the CCT include Gabrielle Allen, Ph.D., computer scientist and co-creator of the Cactus Framework; Thomas Sterling, Ph.D.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sterling_%28computing%29[Thomas Sterling (computing)|Thomas Sterling Wikipedia]], former NASA scientist and co-creator of the Beowulf class cluster that is a building block of the world’s supercomputers; and Susanne Brenner, Ph.D., recipient of the 2005 Humboldt Research Award.

CCT employs 25 full-time faculty members, all of whom hold joint appointments with other LSU departments, such as Department of Computer Science, College of Basic Sciences and College of Music and Dramatic Arts. The center also has six post-doctoral staff, 30 research staff and 44 graduate students. CCT recruits researchers from all disciplines to create an environment where scientists work side by side with artists and musicians to advance the future through high-performance computing.

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'''Coast to Cosmos'''

The Coast To Cosmos focus area, led by Joel Tohline, Ph. D., is building research groups that are concerned with modeling the complex physical world in which we live. The research groups have common needs for advanced software to support large-scale simulations, collaborative tools to enable diverse sets of scientists to interact and visualization and analysis tools to understand results and compare to experiments. This area currently includes faculty from the LSU Departments of Physics and Mechanical Engineering, with research groups in:

• Numerical Relativity <br>