Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology
Committee on Physical, Mathematical, and Engineering Sciences Department of Agriculture Department of Commerce Department of Defense Department of Education Department of Energy Department of Health and Human Services Department of Interior Environmental Protection Agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Science Foundation Office of Management and Budget Office of Science and Technology Policy FCCSET Directorate Charles H. Dickens, Executive Secretary Elizabeth Rodriguez, Senior Policy Analyst High Performance Computing and Communications and Information Technology Subcommittee HPCCIT HPCCIT Executive Name Agency or Department Subcommittee Committee (see p. iii) Donald A.B. Lindberg National Coordination Chair Chair Office James Burrows National Institute Representative Representative of Standards and Technology John S. Cavallini Department of Energy Alternate Alternate Melvyn Ciment National Science Alternate Alternate Foundation George Cotter National Security Representative Agency Robin L. Dennis Environmental Protection Alternate Agency Norman Glick National Security Alternate Agency A. Nico Habermann National Science Representative Representative (Deceased) Foundation Lee Holcomb National Aeronautics Representative Representative and Space Administration Paul E. Hunter National Aeronautics Alternate Alternate and Space Administration Steven Isakowitz Office of Management Representative and Budget Charles R. Kalina National Coordination Executive Office Secretary Norman H. Kreisman Department of Energy Alternate Alternate R.J. (Jerry) Linn National Institute Alternate Alternate of Standards and Technology Daniel R. Masys National Institutes Representative of Health Bruce McConnell Office of Management Alternate and Budget William L. McCoy Federal Aviation Observer Administration James A. Mitchell Department of Representative Education David Nelson Department of Energy Representative Representative Michael R. Nelson Office of Science Representative and Technology Policy Joan H. Novak Environmental Representative Protection Agency Merrell Patrick National Science Alternate Alternate Foundation Alex Poliakoff Department of Alternate Education Thomas N. Pyke National Oceanic Representative Representative and Atmospheric Administration John Silva Advanced Research Alternate Alternate Projects Agency Paul H. Smith National Aeronautics Alternate Alternate and Space Administration Stephen L. Squires Advanced Research Alternate Alternate Projects Agency John C. Toole Advanced Research Representative Representative Projects Agency Judith L. Vaitukaitis National Institutes Alternate of Health Note: The Advanced Research Projects Agency, the National Science Foundation, the Department and Energy, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration hold permanent positions on the HPCCIT Executive Committee; the other two positions rotate among the other agencies.
Editor Sally E. Howe Assistant Director for Technical Programs, National Coordination Office Program Component and Section Editors Melvyn Ciment, NSF, Past Co-Editor HPCC Program and Program Components Stephen Griffin, NSF Case Studies Daniel R. Masys, NIH Video Merrell Patrick, NSF BRHR Calvin T. Ramos, NASA ASTA Stephen L. Squires, ARPA HPCC Program, HPCS, IITA Roger Taylor, NSF NREN Agency Editors Norman Glick National Security Agency Stephen Griffin National Science Foundation Frederick C. Johnson National Institute of Standards and Technology Thomas Kitchens Department of Energy Daniel R. Masys National Institutes of Health James A. Mitchell Department of Education Joan H. Novak Environmental Protection Agency Thomas N. Pyke National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Calvin T. Ramos National Aeronautics and Space Administration Stephen L. Squires Advanced Research Projects Agency Copy Editor Patricia N. Williams National Coordination Office Acknowledgments In addition to the FCCSET, CPMES, HPCCIT Subcommittee, and Editorial Group, many other people contributed to this book, and we thank them for their efforts. We explicitly thank the following contributors to the Component and Agency Sections: Robert Aiken, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, DOE Robin Dennis, EPA Darleen Fisher, NSF Michael St. Johns, USAF, ARPA Anthony Villasenor, NASA Contributors to the Case Studies are acknowledged at the end of the Case Studies section. We thank Joe Fitzgerald and Troy Hill of the Audiovisual Program Development Branch at the National Library of Medicine for their artistic contributions and for the preparation of the book in its final form, and we thank Patricia Carson and Shannon Uncangco of the National Coordination Office for their contributions throughout the preparation of this book.