Boise State was recently named as one of 20 Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) Research Centers worldwide by NVIDIA, a world leader in visual and parallel computing using graphics processing units.
Boise State was recognized for its groundbreaking work in parallel computing. Boise State is the only school in the Northwest and one of only eight in the nation that was designated for the Research Center. Boise State is in the company of United States universities such as Clemson, Johns Hopkins and UCLA, as well as 12 international research centers, including Technische Universitat Munchen in Germany and Nanyang University in Singapore.
Graphics processing units (GPU's) are increasingly being used by leading software developers and researchers to dramatically increase the processing of a wide range of computationally intensive data. Boise State was one of the early users of the technology for both research and teaching and the CUDA designation aligns Boise State with the other top technical institutions that are using GPU computing to solve the most challenging computational problems.
"From world-changing scientific discoveries to commercial products that impact our everyday lives, the potential of this area of technology cannot be overstated," said Boise State Vice President for Research Mark Rudin. "To be recognized as a leader in developing that potential demonstrates Boise State's commitment to drive innovation that is shaping the future."
Applications for acceptance into the CUDA Research Center Program were evaluated based on the quality of current GPU research, the vision presented for furthering the application and technology of GPU computing and the opportunity for broad impact. Several distinguished faculty from Boise State are responsible for landing the prestigious honor. Inanc Senocak is the principal investigator and assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering. Tim Andersen (Dept. of Computer Science), Hans-Peter Marshall (Dept. of Geosciences), Jodi Mead (co-principal investigators professor) and Grady Wright (Dept. of Mathematics) also were key contributors to the proposal.
"GPU computing with CUDA has tremendously advanced Boise State research projects in numerical simulations of mantle convection, wind energy forecasting, remote sensing of snow depths for water resources, threat reduction in chemical and biological defense, and DNA sequencing for forensics," Senocak said. "Our vision is to develop and apply advanced numerical methods and computational algorithms to applications in science and engineering and broaden GPU computing research in modeling and simulation."
Parallel computing is a form of computation in which many calculations are carried out simultaneously, operating on the principle that complex problems can often be divided into smaller ones, which are then solved concurrently or "in parallel".
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