Ad-Hoc Task Force on High Performance Research Computing at UB

In January of 1998, Vice Provost Sean Sullivan announced the formation of an ad-hoc task group in "High Performance Research Computing." This committee was formed, in large part, to evaluate the conjecture that the infrastructure available to UB faculty in computational science and engineering was substandard. Further, it was conjectured that the lack of satisfactory facilities places this university at risk in terms of being competitive at the national level in its ability to attract faculty and to secure research funding in areas that rely on significant computation and visualization. The group was charged with evaluating the current scenario in computational science and engineering at UB, evaluating the capabilities and limitations of the current infrastructure, and making recommendations in terms of such infrastructure.