College of Sciences Newsletter

Edition 6

October 1, 2001

 

THE NEW CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCES

Dr. David Keyes, the Richard F. Barry Professor of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, will lead the new Center for Computational Sciences (CCS) which will be housed in the Education Building on campus.  With the University’s growing involvement in high-end scientific computing at the national level, the Center is structured to coordinate scientific computing projects on and off campus.

In 1995, Old Dominion was one of 37 universities to participate in the National Science Foundation’s Grand Challenges, National Challenges and Multidisciplinary Computing Challenges Program with a $1 million grant.  In 1998, Old Dominion became one of 14 universities to participate in the Department of Energy’s Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative Academic Alliance Program, another million-dollar project.  Now...

Keyes and CCS to lead an $18 million DOE project on advanced computing!

For the next five years, the College of Sciences through Keyes and the CCS will provide the leadership on a U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) cooperative agreement intended to revolutionize the ability of scientists to take advantage of the world’s most powerful computers.  This project and nine-institution contract is worth approximately $18 million.   Old Dominion University will receive $1 million for its portion.  The University will conduct algorithmic research, create software and provide consulting on its use throughout the DOE national laboratory complex, together with five other universities and computational groups at three national laboratories across the country.