The Advanced Computational Testing and Simulation (ACTS) Toolkit will
provide an integrated set of software tools, algorithms, and environments
that accelerate the adoption and use of advanced computing by DOE programs
for mission-critical problems. The toolkit will include capabilities for
Strategy
The strategy for building this toolkit is to select a base set of existing
successful tools, provide support to make them interoperable, and then add
new tools and interfaces to make the entire toolkit robust for diverse
application needs.
Currently, investigators are working closely with
selected DOE Defense Program and ER Grand Challenge applications to
demonstrate enhanced problem-solving capabilities on specific computing
platforms, that is, machines acquired under the
Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative (ASCI).
As new funds become
available, the ACTS Toolkit will expand to fit the needs of a wider range
of DOE applications and to run on a broader set of computing platforms.
SciTL
The initial FY 97 Toolkit development is called the Scientific
Template Library (SciTL).
Involving 14 ongoing projects among five DOE laboratories, the SciTL
is a prototype library meant to provide immediate utility to
applications developers and to promote feedback for further project
development.
The SciTL focuses on three major aspects of the ACTS Toolkit:
software frameworks, numerical kernels, and runtime support.
All portions of the
SciTL stress the need to bring together the best components of individually
developed capabilities into one unified scheme for meeting DOE 2000
objectives.
Key Benefits
Call for Proposals
Applications are solicited for proposals to contribute to the
ACTS Toolkit development in FY 98 and beyond.
Academic or industrial scientists, click
here.
Scientsts at national laboratories, click
here.