ibm. The GEOSS is intended to enhance data access and availability through
cooperative worldwide data sharing.

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At Argonne, 10 percent of the
resources on its IBM Blue Gene/L will be available under the INCITE program. NASA offers data and technologies that can improve future operational
systems of the GEOSS.

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About Argonne
The nation's first national laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory
conducts basic and applied scientific research across a wide spectrum of
disciplines, ranging from high-energy physics to climatology and
biotechnology. The University of Chicago
manages Argonne for the U.
Environmental monitoring is performed by many Earth observation systems,
including a robust space-based component providing important environmental
data, and ground, air and ocean based systems.
NASA has conducted research and development of innovative space
technologies to acquire Earth observations since the agency's inception in
1958 .
The Summit is during Earth and Space Week, a joint event of the European
Union and European Space Agency, comprised of public exhibitions and
activities.
For information about the Summit on the Web, visit:
http://earthobservations.

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Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory will provide
significant enhancements to computer capabilities available to scientific
researchers around the world. The purpose of the Summit is to bring together Earth
observation resources to create a worldwide network to streamline the
distribution of data, information products and services to society.

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Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N. All these could benefit
from increased availability of computing power to researchers, according to
the Council. Department of Energy Office of Science .

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"IBM invested in BGW, the fastest privately owned supercomputer in the
world , to explore a range of fields including life sciences, hydrodynamics,
materials sciences, quantum chemistry, molecular dynamics and fluid dynamics
-- as well as business applications," said Dave Turek, vice president Deep
Computing, IBM.
The computer time will be made available to researchers through the
Department of Energy's INCITE program -- Innovative and Novel Computational
Impact on Theory and Experiment.
The INCITE program is open to all scientific researchers and research
organizations, including industry. Examples cited by the Council include full
vehicle design, oil and gas recovery, auto crash safety, textile manufacture
and customized catalysts to improve crude oil yields.

NASA Gets to the Heart of Earth Observations at Global Summit

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Drawing on resources from across
IBM and key Business Partners, IBM offers a wide range of services, solutions
and technologies that enable customers, large and small, to take full
advantage of the new era of e-business .
The summit opens tomorrow and will feature discussions to promote
development of a comprehensive Global Earth Observation System of Systems
(GEOSS).

Predictions of the future based on science: astrophysics , geophysics, mathematical calculations, etc.

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Y.org ), with a
capacity of 91 teraflops -- 91 trillion calculations per second . Recent accomplishments under the INCITE program have
included detailed three-dimensional combustion simulations of flames,
providing new insight into reducing pollutants; astrophysics simulations of
the forces that help newly born stars and black holes increase in size; and
protein simulations designed to advance scientists' knowledge about the
function of proteins and their use in drug design. Applicant codes must be
demonstrably ready to run on the requested computing systems. Summit participants will
discuss gaps in observations limiting understanding of the Earth's complex
systems.

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, A new collaboration between IBM and
the U.S. IBM and Argonne have agreed to augment Argonne's
INCITE computer capacity with compute cycles on IBM's Blue Gene system at IBM
T. The
DOE INCITE program provides a way for researchers to explore challenging
applications on machines that are going to define the future of science," said
Rick Stevens, acting associate laboratory director of Physical, Biological and
Computing Sciences at Argonne.com .

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ARGONNE, Ill .
"The Blue Gene systems offer an exciting path to petascale computing. The INCITE program also provides the opportunities for industry
to use high-end computing as encouraged in recent reports by the Council on
Competitiveness. Applicants must also present evidence that
they can make effective use of a major fraction of the processors of the high-
performance computing systems offered for allocation. "NASA is privileged to offer the power of space-based observations to
serve humanity ," said NASA's Deputy Associate Administrator of the Science
Mission Directorate, Dr. "Our commitment and that of the global
community to increasing the scientific knowledge that is helping us better
predict the Earth's behavior is evident at an international gathering such as
this one in Brussels ," he added.

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"Due to the overwhelming demand of requests for this platform,
we are pleased to be participating in the INCITE program with Argonne and the
DOE, and look forward to the results of research conducted on Blue Gene.
Proposals can be for one to three years. Argonne has worked with more than 600 companies and numerous
federal agencies and other organizations to help advance America's scientific
leadership and prepare the nation for the future.S.

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For more information about IBM, visit
http://www.

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Argonne and IBM are developing a plan for researchers to request
computation time on the IBM Blue Gene system nicknamed "BGW." BGW is the
second fastest computer in the world ( http://www.top500 ."
Prospective uses of such fast computer capability include large
applications in aerospace , automotive engineering, biotechnology, chemistry,
energy and physics. A small number of large awards are
anticipated. The Council has identified and reported on industry-specific
"grand challenges " that could make a significant contribution to national
productivity and competitiveness if more computational capability could be
made available to solve them.
Successful proposals to the INCITE program will describe high-impact
scientific research in terms suitable for peer review in the area of research
and also appropriate for general scientific review comparing them with
proposals in other disciplines. NASA research in Earth system science contributes to
improved understanding and forecasts of ocean health, weather, earthquake, and
climate change.

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Argonne Taps IBM Blue Gene for DOE INCITE Program

The program includes high-end computing
resources not only at Argonne but also at DOE's Oak Ridge, Lawrence Berkeley
and Pacific Northwest national laboratories. The program seeks computationally intensive
research projects of large scale that can make high-impact scientific advances
through the use of a large allocation of computer time and data storage.

About IBM
IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 80 years
of leadership in helping businesses innovate. WASHINGTON, NASA officials and representatives
from more than 50 countries are meeting tomorrow in Brussels for the Third
Earth Observation Summit. Ghassem Asrar .org

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