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January 23, 2008, 03:55 PM ET
Universities Win $9-Million to Create High-Speed Computing Tools
Nine is today’s magic number. Nine Louisiana universities and related institutions, throwing their lots together in a consortium, just scored a $9-million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop new high-performance computing tools to speed research into projects like hurricane forecasts and tiny sensors to detect disease. Add in $3-million from the Louisiana Board of Regents and $3.2-million from the participating institutions, and the group will split $15.2-million over the next three years, Supercomputing Online reports.
The nine institutions are: Louisiana State University, LSU Health Sciences Center at New Orleans, Louisiana Tech University, Southern University at Baton Rouge, Tulane University, Tulane University’s Health Sciences Center, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, the University of New Orleans, and Xavier University of Louisiana.
Edward Seidel, director of the LSU Center for Computation and Technology and a lead scientist on the project, noted that the computational tools will be designed specifically to mesh with scientific research into areas like storm forecasting and sensor development, and that such tools work best when tied closely to the science. —Josh Fischman
Categories: Research
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