Mission Statement

The Computer Science Institute at Sandia National Laboratories will establish a research center in areas of computer and computational science that are critical to the laboratories' and the Department of Energy's mission. The Institute will become a focal point both physically and in terms of research collaborations between university researchers and students and laboratory staff engaged in computer and computational science, modeling and simulation.

Strategies

• Create long-term relationships between Sandia and academia.
• Create an atmosphere for joint learning on a plan that is flexible for student and faculty schedules.
• Expand the range of expertise and research capabilities that can be applied to problems in modeling and simulation at the laboratories.
• Create the opportunity for university researchers to apply their work to specific applications.

Mechanisms

• Establish a central location for collaborative work.
• Hold workshops for university faculty and students, DOE employees, and scientists in industry.
• Present seminars on the research performed through CSRI
• Bring in students through a combination of post doc programs, summer positions, and graduate fellowships.

Areas of Interest

The Computer Science Research Institute at Sandia is looking for participation by researchers in mathematics, computer science and computational science with an interest in modeling and simulation in science and engineering. Some specific areas of interest are:

• Scalable solvers
• Optimization
• Adaptivity and mesh refinement
• Algorithms for solution of different and integral equations
• Graph-based, discrete and combinatorial algorithms
• Uncertainty estimation
• Mesh generation
• Dynamic load balancing
• Visualization
• Scalable cluster computers and heterogeneous computers
• Data intensive computing
• Environments for scalable computing
• Parallel I/O
• Advanced architectures
• Theoretical computer science
• Multiscale methods

• Adaptivity
• Nonlinear Equations and Optimization
• Heterogeneous Distributed Systems

Types of Participation

The Computer Science Research Institute will include both long-term and short-term visits.

Long-term visits are between three months and two years in length and could include sabbaticals, site visits under contract, university leaves of absence, post-doctoral appointments, DOE practicums, etc.

Short-term visits are for three months or less and could include summer faculty, summer students, workshop participation, etc.

A continuation proposal will be required for projects lasting more than three years. Applicants should note there will be an annual review of each project.