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What's our plan?
As an initial goal, the Institute will study three testbeds. Experience from three projects will be applied toward wider applications. The first two applications are internal to Northeastern University:- Genomics and Proteomics
- Subsurface Sensing, Imaging and Modeling particle-matter interaction
- Geant4 (GEometry ANd Tracking): 1,000,000 line code for particle-matter interaction
In the first two applications, the
original software developers are directly available for consultation.
The first application takes advantage of the breakthrough of
Prof. Ondrechen. The Genomics and Proteomics applications advanced by the Institute will provide very high
visibility for Northeastern University, since dozens of doctors around
the world are already asking now for a polished version of the
software. It will provide an acid test for the scalability of our
approach (Section ![[*]](icons/crossref.png){kind=icon}
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The second application leverages the existing large scale software
being developed by 0=0the Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems (CenSSIS4)CenSSIS. The Institute provides the added value so
that the software can be retargeted toward new software applications beyond the
scope of 1=0the Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems (CenSSIS5)CenSSIS (Sections and .)
The third application is a test of the scalability of our work.
The Geant4 application will test whether the Institute can take
in-house techniques and apply them to large, pre-existing software with
an large existing community (more than 100 developers and many thousands
of users). Prof. Cooperman recently marked a milestone by successfully
parallelizing that code (Section .)
The institute members are already deeply involved in the three testbed projects. This will provide a good source of complex scientific software on which to test our ideas of extending software beyond its initial design criteria. These applications will also provide an important opportunity to integrate practice-oriented, interdisciplinary education into the curriculum.
Next: Why is it a Up: Goals, Objectives and Areas Previous: What's proposed? David H. Lorenz 2002-03-25