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Aug 02, 2010

NSF grants UCLA $1.78M to compute at warp speed

Warren MoriPhilip Pritchett editScott Friedman editTajendra Singh editViktor Decyk edit
The UCLA Plasma Simulation Group with support from the Institute for Digital Research and Education (IDRE) has been awarded a research award of $1,782,780 from the National Science Foundation for 2010-2013. This award will support a project to build a computer cluster based on graphical processing units.
 
The cluster will aid UCLA researchers in making discoveries in fields such as plasma-based acceleration, inertial fusion energy, space plasmas, and high energy density science, as well as prepare UCLA researchers across campus for the next generation of massively parallel computers.
 
The project is being done under the direction of the Plasma Simulation Group and IDRE researchers: Warren B. Mori, IDRE executive director and professor of physics, astronomy and electrical engineering; Philip L. Pritchett, research physicist; Scott A. Friedman, computer scientist in Academic Technology Services and IDRE; Tajendra V. Singh, manager of IDRE projects; and Viktor K. Decyk, research physicist and IDRE researcher.  
 
 Pictured above from left: Warren Mori, Philip L. Pritchett, Scott A. Friedman, Tajendra V. Singh, Viktor K. Decyk