National Roadmap for HPC Algorithms and Applications Published

Oxford e-Research Centre is a partner in a national activity to develop a roadmap for the future development of HPC applications and algorithms.

This first version of the HPC/NA roadmap should be considered as a live document. The main purpose of the HPC/NA activity is to get community input into the roadmap development and we recognize that this first version has been developed with input from a selection of the relevant community. As further input is gained we expect that it will naturally impact and change the roadmap presented here.

The HPC/NA roadmap activity is funded by the EPSRC. The outcomes of the activity should inform the research programs within EPSRC.

• HPC-NA Project Website
  
• Download V1.0 of the HPC-NA Roadmap
  
• Download report of the 3rd HPC-NA Workshop
  

 This first version of a roadmap document is the outcome of two community meetings together with input from similar activities elsewhere. The roadmap activity aims to provide a number of recommendations that together will drive the agenda toward the provision of:

• Algorithms and software that application developers can reuse in the form of high-quality, high performance, sustained software components, libraries and modules
• and a community environment that allows the sharing of software, communication of interdisciplinary knowledge, and the development of appropriate skills.

This first version of the roadmap is built around five themes that have evolved during the discussion within the community. Each of these is represented in the roadmap. As the roadmap activity goes forward we expect that these initial actions to develop into a detailed map of priorities across a sensible timeframe.

• Theme 1: Cultural Issues
• Theme 2: Applications and Algorithms
• Theme 3: Software Engineering
• Theme 4: Sustainability
• Theme 5: Knowledge Base