OLCF Director’s Discretion Project Application

Format is flexible, but please include country prefix
e.g. +1-###-###-####, +41 ## ### ## ##, etc.

Please list all current and historical countries of citizenship and the associated status for each country.

Choose your primary employer from the list below. Select "Other" if your employer is not listed.

Is this a new project proposal, or a renewal of your existing OLCF project?

The title of your project, in 12 words or less. If renewing your project, provide the existing or updated title.

Please select the primary source(s) of the project's funding from this list. Choose "Other" if your funding source is not listed.

Please select the most appropriate research area for this project

Accurately describe the proposed research in terms of the type of request checked above using 1-2 paragraphs.

The Project Narrative should address the following:

Overview and Significance of Research: Place the proposal in the context of other work in your discipline. In addition, explain what innovation, scientific advance, or impact you expect to be enabled by a Director's Discretionary award that justifies an allocation of large-scale resources. For industrial users, also place proposed research in context of your business and to the significance of your business.

Research Objectives and Milestones: Describe the proposed research, including its goals, milestones, and the theoretical and computational methods it employs. This section should correlate with the type of request checked above (for example, scaling studies in anticipation of a larger INCITE or ALCC proposal request, architectural porting and development work, discussion of the specific scientific simulations to be carried out, etc.). Goals and milestones should articulate simulation and developmental objectives and be commensurate with the size and duration of the proposal request. Proposals will be evaluated on both technical merit and computational feasibility.

Proposed Computational Approach: Provide a detailed description of your proposed computational approach, including a discussion of the state-of-the-art in the field. The description may mention:

• The underlying mathematical formulation (e.g., ODE, PDE).

• Particular libraries required by the simulation and analysis software, algorithms and numerical techniques employed (e.g., finite element, iterative solver), programming languages, and other software used.

• Parallel programming model(s) used (e.g., MPI, OpenMP, Pthreads, CUDA, OpenACC).

• Project workflow, including the role of analysis and visualization and the availability of checkpoint and restart files.

• I/O requirements (e.g., amount, size, bandwidth, etc) for restart, analysis, and workflow. Highlight any exceptional I/O needs.

• Data storage requirements. Estimate anticipated cumulative size of stored data at the end of the requested project. What do you plan to do with the data at the end of the project? Do you have tools and/or plans to reduce the data? Justify data storage needs that exceed one petabyte.

Parallel Performance: As appropriate, provide direct evidence, including supporting quantitative data, for your project's application parallel performance. Supporting quantitative data should be provided in either tabular or graphical form, or both. Describe what, if any, development work will be carried out to improve the performance of your application on the resource chosen.

References: References should be included at the end of the Project Narrative.

 

Enter desired allocation hours for Summit (node-hours), Rhea (node-hours), etc.
The OLCF Director’s Discretionary (DD) program allocates approximately 10% of the available Summit hours in a calendar year. Summit is allocated in node hours, and a typical DD project is awarded between 15,000 – 20,000 node hours. Please see Guidance on Summit Allocation Requests.

Provide Software Package Names and URLs for each application software program proposed for use in your project. Information regarding instructions on obtaining source code for each program, restrictions and/or license requirements, if any, export control classification numbers (ECCN), and literature citations describing the application are appreciated.

Fundamental Research means research in science, engineering, or mathematics, the results of which ordinarily are published and shared broadly within the research community, and for which the researchers have not accepted restrictions for proprietary or national security reasons.
NSDD 189 definition

By submitting this application, I agree that I have read and will abide by the OLCF Computing Policy.

By submitting this application, I agree that I have read and will abide by the OLCF Data Management Policy.

By submitting this application, I agree that I have read and will abide by the OLCF Security Policy.

By submitting this application, I agree to provide periodic updates of research accomplishments per the OLCF Reporting Policy.

By submitting this application, I agree that I have read and will abide by the OLCF Institutional User Agreement Policy.

By submitting this application, I agree that I have read and will abide by the HIPAA/ITAR Project Rules of Behavior Policy.