Laboratory Partners: ANL, LANL, LLNL, ORNL, and SNL

Amount of Award: $2,500,000 (1 year)

Science Area: Integrated set of software tools, algorithms and environments that accelerate the adoption and use of advanced computing by DOE programs for mission-critical problems.

DOE/ER Programs: CTR-MICS

Number of Researchers: 12

Potential for New Knowledge: Develop the nucleus of the toolkit, the Scientific Template Library (SciTL).

Software Frameworks: LANL and SNL will enhance existing capabilities and provide a common support infrastructure for POOMA, Overture, and POET. These application-driven software infrastructures, based on object-oriented technologies, are currently in use (or selected for use) for several ASCI applications.

Numerical Kernels: ANL, LLNL, and SNL will build a prototype numerical interface for the solution of nonlinear optimization, ODEs, and linear and nonlinear equations. Specifically, this work will provide greater access to and interoperability of five major numerical components: AZTEC, PVODE, PETSc, preconditioners from the various labs, and OPT++.

Runtime Support: ANL, LANL, and ORNL will provide new capabilities and enhanced performance needed to support both the Frameworks and the applications. It will build on existing software tools, including: Cumulvs, PAWS, Nexus, and PVMPI