Computional Science and Engineering at The University of Trondheim.

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Preface iii
The committee work iv
Summary and recommendations vi

PART 1 - BACKGROUND 1

1 INTRODUCTION 2

1.1 Definitions 3
1.2 Computer usage in CSE projects 6
1.3 Education and research at the University of Trondheim -
status and future perspectives of CSE 8

2 STATUS OF CSE AT UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES IN EUROPEAN AND OTHER COUNTRIES 10

2.1 Europe 10
2.1.1 Sweden 11
2.1.2 Finland 14
2.1.3 Denmark 15
2.1.4 Great Britain 15
2.1.5 Germany 18
2.1.6 France 18
2.1.7 Italy 19
2.1.8 The COSMASE project 19
2.2 USA 20
2.2.1 Computational Science Education Project (CSEP) 21
2.2.2 National Science Foundation (NSF) supercomputer centers 22
2.2.3 Current CSE educational programs 25
2.3 Other countries 38

3 STATUS OF CSE AT THE NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITIES 39

3.1 History - from 1985 to 1994 39
3.2 Educational programs related to CSE at Norwegian universities 41
3.2.1 The University of Oslo 41
3.2.2 The University of Bergen 41
3.2.3 The University of Tromsø 42
3.2.4 The University of Trondheim 42
3.3 The Norwegian Supercomputing Committee (TRU) 47

4 CSE RELATED INITIATIVES IN USA AND EUROPE 50

4.1 High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) in USA 50
4.1.1 Advanced Software Technology and Algorithms (ASTA) 52
4.1.2 Basic Research and Human Resources (BRHR) 53
4.2 High Performance Computing and Networking (HPCN) in Europe 54
4.2.1 HPCN for products - simulation and design 55
4.2.2 Education and training in high performance computing 56

5 AN EVALUATION OF FUTURE REQUIREMENTS FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN CSE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TRONDHEIM 60

5.1 Research and education at UNIT/NTH 60
5.1.1 Mathematical sciences 61
5.1.2 Computer science 62

5.2 The Norwegian Institute of Technology and its commitment
to CSE in a national perspective 63
5.2.1 Computational engineers for the Norwegian industry 63
5.2.2 Comments from faculties at UNIT 64
5.2.3 The future role of SINTEF as a link between NTH and industry 64

5.3 An industrial perspective - competitiveness 66
5.3.1 Comments from Norwegian industry representatives on some
important components of a CSE program at UNIT/NTH 66

6 A STRATEGY FOR FUTURE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN CSE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TRONDHEIM 69

6.1 The main objectives 69
6.2 Challenges in coordinating education of computational scientists
and engineers at the UNIT 70
6.3 An educational and research program 71
6.4 Organisation of the education 71
6.5 A proposed time schedule 72
6.5.1 Short-term solutions 72
6.5.2 Long-term solutions 74

Appendix A References 75

Appendix B Textbooks, magazines and conferences 77

Appendix C High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) in USA 79

Appendix D High Performance Computing and Networking in Europe (HPCN) in Europe 83

Appendix E University of Trondheim - NTH and SINTEF 85

Appendix F Computational science and numerics courses related to
CSE at the Norwegian universities 86

Appendix G Computational science and numerics courses related to
CSE at some Nordic universities 88

Appendix H CSE related activities at other European universities and
research centers 92

Appendix I CSE related activities at US universities and research centers 105

Appendix J Examples of Norwegian research fields in need of CSE 119

Appendix K The Albuquerque conference 122

Appendix L Abbreviations used in the report 128