{"121031":{"#nid":"121031","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Selected for Big Data National Initiative","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs part of President Barack Obama\u2019s new initiative for big data, the Georgia Institute of Technology has been selected to participate in a Department of Energy (DOE) project that will develop new tools for scientists working with supercomputers. The \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/energy.gov\/articles\/secretary-chu-announces-new-institute-help-scientists-improve-massive-data-set-research-doe\u0022\u003EScalable Data Management, Analysis and Visualization (SDAV) Institute\u003C\/a\u003E will bring together the expertise of six national laboratories and seven universities. The goal is to create instruments to help researchers manage and visualize data on the department\u2019s supercomputers, which will further streamline the processes scientists use to make discoveries using the department\u2019s research facilities.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe team from the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cercs.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Experimental Research Computer Systems (CERCS)\u003C\/a\u003E, Karsten Schwan, Greg Eisenhauer and Matt Wolf, will lead Georgia Tech\u2019s involvement in the national initiative. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBy being part of the SDAV team, the Georgia Tech researchers and the software artifacts we have been producing can more widely affect research around the nation,\u201d said Schwan, director of CERCS. \u201cMore importantly, our work can enable scientists to carry out their science mission more effectively.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Georgia Tech team is also part of one of the CoDesign projects being undertaken by DOE researchers that will work to improve the combustion processes used in internal combustion engines.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPresident Obama announced the $200 million Big Data Research and Development Initiative on Thursday, March 29. Visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/microsites\/ostp\/big_data_press_release.pdf\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E to learn more about the announcement.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Expertise will help develop tools for supercomputing discoveries"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs part of President Barack Obama\u2019s new initiative for big data, the Georgia Institute of Technology has been selected to participate in a Department of Energy project that will develop new tools for scientists working with supercomputers. The \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/energy.gov\/articles\/secretary-chu-announces-new-institute-help-scientists-improve-massive-data-set-research-doe\u0022\u003EScalable Data Management, Analysis and Visualization (SDAV) Institute\u003C\/a\u003E will bring together the expertise of six national laboratories and six other universities. The goal is to create new instruments to help researchers manage and visualize data on the Department\u2019s supercomputers, which will further streamline the processes that lead to discoveries made by scientists using the Department\u2019s research facilities.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Institute of Technology has been selected to participate in a new Department of Energy project that will develop new tools for scientists working with supercomputers."}],"uid":"27560","created_gmt":"2012-03-30 14:38:50","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:11:56","author":"Jason Maderer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-03-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-03-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.cercs.gatech.edu\/index.shtml","title":"CERCS"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/","title":"College of Computing"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"}],"keywords":[{"id":"15092","name":"big data"},{"id":"9160","name":"CERCS"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-2966\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maderer@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}