Primack is currently developing, in collaboration with Israeli colleague Avishai Dekel, a new method which should allow cosmologists to simulate the same region of the universe for which astronomical data is unavailable. This method has been tested on workstations. If it tests out as well as we expect, it will be a major new advance which we expect other cosmologists to adopt. The Theory Center's CAVE combines the power of the IBM SP2 supercomputer and the IBM Data Explorer software for scientific visualization with the interactive speed of a dedicated graphics processor. It provides a framework for integration of tools that visualize a large system such as the 512-node SP2 and includes parallel job visualization, processor load balance tools, basic system availability, and a tailored user interface.
Work ranges from computational fluid dynamics to electronic structure.