SAINT2002

Towards Next Generation

January 31, 2002

Ly SauerSandia National Laboratories

Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company,for the United States Department of Energy under contract DE-AC04-94AL85000.

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Future of SAINT

• Internet is an Evolving Concept– Internet has/will Continue to Evolve as the Technology

Matures and as We Find Other Uses of the Technology• Massively Parallel Computing Platforms • Research Institution’s Communication Vehicle• Mechanism for Connecting the Masses• E-Business• Mobile Computing• Etc.

•SAINT (wrt the “Internet”) Needs to Remain Fluid.

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Future of SAINT

•“Applications” is a Broad Concept– Webster’s Defines “Application” as

• “A computer program with a user interface.”• “Of or being a computer program designed for a specific

task or use :- Application software for a missile guidance system.”

– As the Internet Usage Broadens, so will the Applications for the Internet

•SAINT (wrt “Applications”) Needs to Maintain a Broad Scope.

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Future of SAINT - Recommendation

• Each SAINT Program Committee Should Determine:– The Important Research/Technologies that have

Evolved and/or Improved the Internet.

– Select a Set of Application Topics that Realizes the Usage of the Current Internet Evolution.

– Examples of Potential Topics• Distance Learning, Mobile Computing , Distance

Scientific Computing, etc.

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Evolution of Computer Science

• Simulation-based Analysis (e.g., Weapon Engineering, Nuclear Waste Repositories)

• Computer Science is Used to– Develop Analysis Codes (Programs)

• Physics, Chemistry, Geo-Science, etc.

• Programming Skills, Software Engineering

– Provide Integrated Simulation & Computing Environment• Programming Skills, Software Engineering

• This Combination Applies to Other Disciplines• Will Increase as More Complex Systems are Needed

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Evolution of CS - Recommendation

• Modify Computer Science Curriculum to Support – Computer Science

• Concentrate More on Developing a “Bag of Tricks” Like Other Engineering Disciplines

– Applied Computer Science• Half of Curriculum Consists of Computer Science

Education• Half of Curriculum Consists of Domain Specific

Education (e.g., Bio-Medical, Physics, Geo-Science)