Computational Platforms

Computational platforms are well integrated software stacks capable of performing a useful research calculation. SCEC has integrated SCEC scientific software, NSF middleware, and HPC hardware to produce these useful computational codebases. An overview of existing CME computational platforms is shown in Figure 1.

Fig 1: SCEC/CME researcher integrate software and hardware to produce research computing systems we call computational platforms.

Definition

• Definition of Computational Platform
  • A vertically integrated collection of hardware, software, and people that provides a broadly useful research capability

• Implied capabilities
  • Validated simulation software and geophysical models
  • Re-usable simulation capabilities
  • Imports parameters from other systems. Exports results to other systems
  • IT/geoscience collaboration involved in operation
  • Access to High-performance hardware and large scale data and metadata management.
  • May use Workflow management tools