






                  National Center for Supercomputing Applications


            _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
            National Center for Supercomputing Applications
            152 Computing Applications Building
            605 E. Springfield Ave.
            Champaign, Il.  61820

            _E-_m_a_i_l: consult@ncsaa.ncsa.uiuc.edu

            _P_h_o_n_e: (217) 244-0072


            _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n

            The  National  Center  for  Supercomputing  Applications  is
            located  at  the  University of Illinois in Champaign, Illi-
            nois.  Funding is provided by the National  Science  Founda-
            tion,  the University of Illinois, the State of Illinois and
            Industrial Partners of the  center.   Grants  and  equipment
            loans  from  major computer vendors enhance the resources of
            NCSA and foster new research and development programs.   The
            Interdisciplinary  Center  (IRC)  is  a  ``think  tank'' for
            researchers using NCSA equipment.

            NCSA offers these resources:

                 o+    CRAY X-MP/48 with a  128  Mword  SSD  running  the
                      UNICOS  operating  system.  The clock speed is 8.5
                      nsec.

                 o+    CRAY-2S/4-128 running the UNICOS operating system.
                      The  clock speed is 4.1 nsec and the static memory
                      speed is 45 nsec

                      parallel processing is available on both CRAY sys-
                      tems.

                 o+    Common File System (CFS) from Los  Alamos  running
                      on an Amdahl 5860

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            The information in this section is provided  in  accor-
            dance  with the copyright notice appearing at the front
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                 o+    DEC VAX 11/785 cluster running VMS  as  front-ends
                      for  file  transfer,  tape handling and electronic
                      mail and notesfile conferencing

                 o+    Workstations for visitors  including  IBM  PC/ATs,
                      Apple Macintosh, Sun systems, DEC VAXstations, and
                      Silicon Graphics IRIS systems

            NCSA offers these services:

                 o+    systems consultants, applications specialists, and
                      research  scientists  in  various  disciplines  to
                      assist researchers

                 o+    visitors program to allow researchers to come  and
                      work in an intensive manner and interact with NCSA
                      staff

                 o+    training via  monthly  training  sessions,  summer
                      institutes,  outreach visits and various workshops
                      and conferences

                 o+    strategic users program for researchers interested
                      in  partnership  with  NCSA  to  help  the general
                      research community

                 o+    publications including two center  newsletters,  a
                      technical resources catalog, and reference materi-
                      als on all of NCSA's systems

                 o+    documentation and reference materials  on  all  of
                      NCSA's systems

                 o+    workstation software developed at  NCSA  including
                      telnet software and graphics tools

                 o+    scientific  visualization  program  to  carry  out
                      research  and  work  with  academic and industrial
                      researchers to visualize data

                 o+    output in the  form  of  photographic  prints  and
                      slides, and videotapes

                 o+    Affiliates program to train support  personnel  at
                      academic  institutions,  scientific institutes and
                      government agencies - there are over 80  affiliate
                      institutions.




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            _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s

            NCSA facilities are accessible via:

                 o+    Internet networks (NSFnet and  ARPAnet)  for  file
                      transfer, electronic mail and interactive access

                 o+    direct dial up to 9600 BAUD

                 o+    BITNET for file transfer and electronic mail

            _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _t_h_e _C_e_n_t_e_r

            Any academic researcher  may  apply  for  time  to  use  the
            center.   All requests are peer reviewed monthly for alloca-
            tions under 100 hours and quarterly for allocations  of  100
            or  more  hours.   Industrial  partnership programs are also
            available.

            _M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s _I_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_o_n

            Further information can be obtained  through  the  following
            contacts at NCSA or at the address above:

                       Main Receptionist       (217) 244-0072

                       Applying for time       (217) 244-0635

                       Consulting Office       (217) 244-1144

                       Academic Affiliates     (217) 244-2341

                       Industrial Affiliates   (217) 244-0474


















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