The Center for Computational Research will provide UB faculty, students and industrial and educational partners with the best technologies availablee, said Russ Miller, Ph.D., director of the center and UB professor of computer science and engineering.
Computational research changes the way science goes about research.
Instead of doing work in laboratories with test tubes, scientists are using computers to create models and simulations. For example, instead of building 500 cars to smash in different ways to test for structural flaws, scientists can build an accurate computer model and test all kinds of variables. It has even more serious applications in areas such as medicine and nuclear testing, Miller said. It provides us with a way to do what's called computational science. National and area computing experts say the UB center will be one of the nation's best.