Advancing High End Computing: Linking to National Goals

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By

Barry Bozeman

Professor

Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy 894-0093 barry.bozeman@pubpolicy.gatech.edu

Juan Rogers

Director, Research Value Mapping Program

Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy juan.rogers@pubpolicy.gatech.edu

The report discusses the critical importance of high end computing (HEC) to science, engineering and the overall research and development system of the nation, as well as the role of policy-makers in ensuring HEC’s continued advancement. Professors Rogers and Bozeman address the importance of high end computing as a tool for achieving national goals and the application needs of the scientific, research and business community. Innovation