The High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) community focuses on hundreds of projects throughout the country, categorized into twelve areas called Computational Technology Areas (CTAs).
Encompasses a wide range of engineering problems in solid mechanics such as material or structural response to time- and history-dependent loading, large deformations, fracture propagation, shock wave propagation, isotropic and anisotropic plasticity, frequency response, and nonlinear and heterogeneous material behaviors.
Involves basic studies of fluid dynamics for engineering design of complex flow configurations, and for predicting the interactions of chemistry with fluid flow for combustion and propulsion; as well as interpretation and analyses of experimental data to extrapolate into regimes that are inaccessible or too costly to study.
Addresses computational tools used to predict basic properties of chemicals and materials, including nano- and biomaterials; and properties such as molecular geometries and energies, spectroscopic parameters, intermolecular forces, reaction potential energy surfaces and mechanical properties.
Covers the high-resolution multi-dimensional solutions of Maxwell’s equations and acoustic wave equations in solids, fluids, and gases.
Includes the simulation and forecast of atmospheric variability and oceanic variability, with numerical simulations and real-time forecasts performed from the very top of the atmosphere to the very bottom of the ocean.
Involves detecting, tracking, classifying and recognizing targets in the midst of noise and jamming; along with generation of high-resolution low-noise imagery and the compression of imagery for communications and storage.
Focuses on the research and development of HPC-based physical, logical and behavioral models and simulations of battlespace phenomenology in the correlation of forces.
Focuses on the use of computational science in support of analysis, design, and modeling and simulation of electronics from the most basic fundamental first-principles physical level to its use for communications, sensing and information systems engineering.
Involves high-resolution modeling of hydrodynamics, geophysics and multi-constituent fate/transport through the coupled atmospheric/land surface/subsurface environment, and their interconnections with numerous biological species and anthropogenic activities.
Addresses the application of integrated modeling and simulation tools and techniques with live tests and hardware-in-the-loop simulations for the testing and evaluation of DoD weapon components, subsystems and systems in virtual and composite virtual-real environments.
Embodies the use of mathematics computational science and engineering in the analysis, design, identification, modeling and simulation of the space and near-space environment and of all objects therein, whether natural or artificial.
Covers the entire computational ecosystem (hardware, software, storage, and networks) required to conduct large-scale data analytics. This ecosystem includes how large data is managed, analyzed, and visualized. Capabilities include methods for conducting exploration (What does the data look like?), descriptive (What happened?), diagnostics (Why did it happen?), predictive (What will happen?), and prescriptive (How can we make it happen?) analyses.
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Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199
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In 1990, Congress mandated the Director, Defense Research and Engineering (DDR&E) to modernize the computational capabilities available to the Department of Defense (DoD) researchers in the Science and Technology (S&T) communities. To that end, DDR&E established a working group comprised of members from each Service, along with Defense Agencies, in order to develop a plan for modernizing the DoD’s computing resources. The resulting High Performance Computing Modernization Plan was approved, and the High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) was established in fiscal Year (FY) 1992. DDR&E recognized that all components of the HPCMP needed to be managed, and in 1994 established the High Performance Computing Modernization Office (HPCMO), (now called the High Performance Computing Modernization Program Office (HPCMPO)).
The DoD HPCMP has been in operation for over twenty-five years; having started out under the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), and transitioning in 2011 to the Assistant Secretary of the Army, based at the Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) of the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in Vicksburg, Mississippi. The nation’s scientists and engineers who focus on science and technology to solve complex defense challenges continue to benefit from the advances in high-performance computing.
The Program strives to meet the HPC requirements of Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) and Acquisition Engineering (AE) communities by identifying three primary areas of concentration: centers where equipment is operated and maintained, software development to take advantage of the computing systems, and a network to link the users with the resources. The HPCMPO oversees the Program, including procurement, management of the resources, and establishing Program-wide processes.
The mission of the Department of Defense (DoD) High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) is to accelerate technology development and transition into superior defense capabilities through the strategic application of high-performance computing, networking, and computational expertise.
Our vision is one in which a pervasive culture exists within the DoD that drives the routine use of advanced computational environments to solve the Department’s most critical mission challenges.
