Research and Education in Computational Science and Engineering
Abstract
Over the past two decades the field of computational science and engineering (CSE) has penetrated both basic and applied research in academia, industry, and laboratories to advance discovery, optimize systems, support decision-makers, and educate the scientific and engineering workforce. Informed by centuries of theory and experiment, CSE performs computational experiments to answer questions that neither theory nor experiment alone is equipped to answer. CSE provides scientists and engineers of all persuasions with algorithmic inventions and software systems that transcend disciplines and scales. Carried on a wave of digital technology, CSE brings the power of parallelism to bear on troves of data. Mathematics-based advanced computing has become a prevalent means of discovery and innovation in essentially all areas of science, engineering, technology, and society; and the CSE community is at the core of this transformation. However, a combination of disruptive developments---including the architectural complexity of extreme-scale computing, the data revolution that engulfs the planet, and the specialization required to follow the applications to new frontiers---is redefining the scope and reach of the CSE endeavor. This report describes the rapid expansion of CSE and the challenges to sustaining its bold advances. The report also presents strategies and directions for CSE research and education for the next decade.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1610.02608,
title = {Research and Education in Computational Science and Engineering},
author = {Ulrich Rüde and Karen Willcox and Lois Curfman McInnes and Hans De Sterck and George Biros and Hans Bungartz and James Corones and Evin Cramer and James Crowley and Omar Ghattas and Max Gunzburger and Michael Hanke and Robert Harrison and Michael Heroux and Jan Hesthaven and Peter Jimack and Chris Johnson and Kirk E. Jordan and David E. Keyes and Rolf Krause and Vipin Kumar and Stefan Mayer and Juan Meza and Knut Martin Mørken and J. Tinsley Oden and Linda Petzold and Padma Raghavan and Suzanne M. Shontz and Anne Trefethen and Peter Turner and Vladimir Voevodin and Barbara Wohlmuth and Carol S. Woodward},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.02608},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
Major revision, to appear in SIAM Review