This book synthesizes the findings of three workshops on research issues in high-performance computing and communications (HPCC). It focuses on the role that computing and communications can play in supporting federal, state, and local emergency management officials who deal with natural and man-made hazards (e.g., toxic spills, terrorist bombings). The volume also identifies specific research challenges for HPCC in meeting unmet technology needs in crisis management and other nationally important application areas, such as manufacturing, health care, digital libraries, and electronic commerce and banking.
- Computing and Communications in the Extreme
- Copyright
- Preface
- Contents
- Overview and Summary
- 1 Application Needs for Computing and Communications
- INTRODUCTION
- CRISIS MANAGEMENT
- Definition and Characteristics
- Scenarios
- Crisis Management Needs for Computing and Communications
- Networking and Communications
- Computation
- Information Management
- User-centered Systems
- OTHER APPLICATION DOMAINS
- Digital Libraries
- Networking
- Computation
- Information Management
- User-centered Systems
- Electronic Commerce
- Networking
- Computation
- Information Management
- User-centered Systems
- Manufacturing
- Networking
- Computation
- Information Management
- User-centered Systems
- Health Care
- Networking
- Computation
- Information Management
- User-centered Systems
- NOTES
- 2 Technology: Research Problems Motivated by Application Needs
- INTRODUCTION
- NETWORKING: THE NEED FOR ADAPTIVITY
- Self-Organisation
- Network Management
- Security
- Composability of Security Policies
- Mobility of Access Rights
- Usability of Security Mechanisms
- Discovery of Resources
- Virtual Subnetworks
- COMPUTATION: DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING
- Modeling and Simulation
- Mobility of Computation and Data
- Storage Servers and Meta-Data
- Anomaly Detection and Inference of Missing Data
- Sensors and Data Collection
- Distributed Resource Management
- Software System Development
- INFORMATION MANAGEMENT: FINDING AND INTEGRATING RESOURCES
- Integration and Location
- Meta-Data and Types
- Production and Value
- Distribution and Relocation
- USER-CENTERED SYSTEMS: DESIGNING APPLICATIONS TO WORK WITH PEOPLE
- Human-centered Systems and Interfaces
- Collaboration and Virtual Organizations
- Judgment Support
- NOTES
- 3 Summary and Findings: Research for National-scale Applications
- RESEARCH CHALLENGES OF CRISIS MANAGEMENT
- TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT AND RESEARCH PROGRESS
- Finding 1: Crisis Management Testbeds
- Finding 2: Studies of Existing National-scale Information Infrastructure
- SUPPORT OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES
- Finding 3: Usability
- Finding 4: Collaboration
- SYSTEM COMPOSABILITY AND INTEROPERABILITY
- Finding 5: Focused Standards
- Finding 6: Interoperability
- Finding 7: Integration of Software Components
- Finding 8: Legacy and Longevity
- ADAPTING TO UNCERTAINTY AND CHANGE
- Finding 9: Adaptivity
- Finding 10: Reliability
- PERFORMANCE OF DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
- Finding 11: Performance of Distributed Systems
- NOTES
- Bibliography
- Appendixes
- A Workshop Series on High Performance Computing and Communications
- WORKSHOP I: AN ASSESSMENT OF HPCC AND APPLICATION NEEDS
- WORKSHOP II: HPCC AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT
- WORKSHOP III: HPCC RESEARCH AND APPLICATION NEEDS
- B Background-HPCCI and NII
- C Acronyms and Abbreviations
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