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HPCC Program Summary

***HPCC Program Goals*
  Extend U.S. technological leadership in high performance computing    and computer communications 
  Provide wide dissemination and application of the technologies to    speed the pace of innovation and to improve the national economic    competitiveness, national security, education, health care, and the    global environment 
  Provide key enabling technologies for the National Information    Infrastructure (NII) and demonstrate select NII applications 

***HPCC Agencies*
AHCPR
 - Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Department of             Health and Human Services 
 ARPA
 - Advanced Research Projects Agency, Department of Defense 
DOE
 - Department of Energy 
ED
 - Department of Education 
EPA
 - Environmental Protection Agency 
NASA
 - National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
 NIH
  - National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services 
NIST
 - National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce 
NOAA
 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce 
 NSA
 - National Security Agency, Department of Defense 
NSF
 - National Science Foundation 
VA
 - Department of Veterans Affairs 

***HPCC Program Strategies*
*Develop, through industrial collaboration, high performance    computing systems using scalable parallel designs and technologies    capable of sustaining at least one trillion operations per second    (teraops) performance on large scientific and engineering problems    such as Grand Challenges 
  Support all HPCC components by helping to expand and upgrade the    Internet 
  Develop the networking technology required for deployment of    nationwide gigabit-speed networks through collaboration with    industry 
  Demonstrate the productiveness of wide-area gigabit networking to    support and enhance Grand Challenge and National Challenge    applications collaborations 
  Demonstrate prototype solutions of Grand Challenge problems that    achieve and exploit teraops performance 
  Provide and encourage innovative use of high performance computing    systems, emerging software and algorithms, and network access    technologies for solving Grand Challenge, National Challenge, and    other advanced applications to enable new capabilities in missions    such as national security, public health, public safety, environment,    and education 
  Create an infrastructure, including high performance computing    research centers, networks, and collaborations that encourage the    diffusion and use of high performance computing and    communications technologies in U.S. research and industrial    applications 
  Work with industry to develop information infrastructure technology    to support the Global Information Infrastructure 
  Leverage the HPCC investment by working with industry to    implement National Challenge applications 
  Enhance computational science as a widely recognized discipline for    basic research by establishing nationally recognized and accepted    educational programs in computational science at the pre-college,    undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate levels 
  Increase the number of graduate and postdoctoral fellowships in    computer science, computer engineering, computational science and    engineering, and informatics, and initiate undergraduate    computational sciences scholarships and fellowships 

***Overview of the Five HPCC Program Components 
Five integrated components represent the key areas of high  performance computing and communications: 
HPCS -- High Performance Computing Systems 
*Extend U.S. technological leadership in high performance computing  through the development of scalable computing systems, with  associated software, capable of sustaining at least one trillion  operations per second (teraops) performance.  Scalable parallel and  distributed computing systems will be able to support the full range  of usage from workstations through the largest-scale highest- performance systems.  Workstations will extend into portable  wireless interfaces as technology advances.*
***NREN -- National Research and Education Network*
*Extend U.S. technological leadership in computer communications by  a program of research and development that advances the leading  edge of networking technology and services.  NREN will widen the  research and education community's network connectivity to high  performance computing and research centers and to electronic  information resources and libraries.  This will accelerate the  development and deployment of networking technologies by the  telecommunications industry.  It includes nationwide prototypes for  terrestrial, satellite, wireless, and wireline communications  systems, including fiber optics, with common protocol support and  applications interfaces.*
***ASTA -- Advanced Software Technology and Algorithms*
*Extend U.S. technological leadership in the development of advanced  software and algorithms, enabling the use of HPCC-developed tools  and methods, particularly to address large-scale problems such as  the Grand Challenges.  Software and early prototype applications are  tested and evaluated on high performance computing and  communications systems.  Grand Challenge problems are  computationally intensive problems such as forecasting weather,  predicting climate, improving environmental monitoring, building  more energy-efficient cars and airplanes designing better drugs, and  conducting basic scientific research.*
***IITA -- Information Infrastructure Technology and Applications*
*Extend U.S. leadership in the development of advanced information  technologies supporting  distributed applications, intelligent  interfaces to information systems, virtual environments, and  National Challenge applications.  National Challenge problems are  information-intensive applications such as education and lifelong  learning, digital libraries, health care, advanced manufacturing,  electronic commerce, and environmental monitoring.  IITA efforts  will strengthen the HPCC technology base, broaden the market for  these technologies, and accelerate industry development of the  Global Information Infrastructure.*
***BRHR -- Basic Research and Human Resources*
*Support research, training, and education in computer science,  computer engineering, and computational science, and enhance the  infrastructure through the addition of HPCC resources.  Initiation of  pilot projects for K-12 and lifelong learning will support expansion  of the NII.*

***Evaluation Criteria for the HPCC Program*
***Relevance/Contribution*
*The research must significantly contribute to the overall goals and  strategy of the Federal High Performance Computing and  Communications (HPCC) Program, including computing, software,  networking, information infrastructure, and basic research, to  enable solution of the Grand Challenges and the National Challenges. 
***Technical/Scientific Merit*
The proposed agency program must be technically/scientifically  sound and of high quality, and must be the product of a documented  technical/scientific planning and review process. 
***Readiness*
A clear agency planning process must be evident, and the  organization must have demonstrated capability to carry out the  program. 
***Timeliness*
The proposed work must be technically/scientifically timely for one  or more of the HPCC Program components. 
***Linkages*
The responsible organization must have established policies,  programs, and activities promoting effective technical and  scientific connections among government, industry, and academic  sectors. 
***Costs*
The identified resources must be adequate, represent an appropriate  share of the total available HPCC resources (e.g., a balance among  program components), promote prospects for joint funding, and  address long-term resource implications. 
***Agency Approval*
The proposed program or activity must have policy-level approval by  the submitting agency.***********************************