Code of Conduct
Supercomputing and E-Science
SupercomputingNumerical Astrophysics requires enormous computational powers. AIP scientists run simulations in cosmology, stellar physics and MHD on different Top500 computers worldwide. However, the development of the simulation code such as Nirvana, Amiga and Co5bold, the preparation and optimisation for simulations and post processing are done locally at AIP facilities. For that purpose AIP provides two clusters and a 240TB data storage server. An overview of the computing facilities at the AIP may be found here. |
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E-ScienceModern instruments and simulations are generating enormous amounts of data, and the plethora of methods and tools to extract science from the data creates complicated and widely varying data structures. This requires changes to traditional ways of dealing with data. The scientific workplace now consists of more than a workstation with some additional number crunching and storage facilities. Especially in disciplines like Astronomy, instruments and observation facilities require collaborative efforts to build and operate, and thus IT structures and tools to support this changes in workflow and workplace have to be developed and implemented. Making the most advanced developments and methods of computer science available to astronomy and astrophysics is the goal of E-Astronomy (E-Science). |
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In AIP, there are three major components: supporting collaborative research environments (VRE), publication of huge simulation data through SQL databases, and supporting data management in collaborations building instruments or surveys. An overview of the E-Science activities may be found here, some examples of visualisation of complex data may be found here. |
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| Contact: Dr. Harry Enke, +49 331 7499-433, henke@aip.de | |
