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New Industry Outreach at TACC. Melyssa Fratkin Industrial Programs Director April 6, 2011. Why Industrial Outreach? . Simple economics – budgets are tight all over Industry has research needs Share knowledge and information Stretch to new research areas, applications
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New Industry Outreach at TACC Melyssa Fratkin Industrial Programs Director April 6, 2011
Why Industrial Outreach? • Simple economics – budgets are tight all over • Industry has research needs • Share knowledge and information • Stretch to new research areas, applications • Support economic development in Texas
The STAR Program • Membership for information/knowledge sharing • Training in HPC methods, techniques • Recruiting trained workforce • Workshops, reports, publications • Sponsored research projects using TACC systems, support, expertise • HPC • Visualization • Data Mining and Analysis
Missing Middle @ TACC • TACC is focusing on the “missing middle” in the energy industry • Over 3000 small- to mid-sized independent oil & gas companies in Texas! • Large energy companies are heavy users of HPC • Using their own systems, or doing research at TACC • What could these smaller companies do if they had more HPC experience, knowledge, support? • More accuracy in drilling; get more from each well
Potential Research Projects • Hydraulic fracturing, or ‘fracing’: improved modeling & simulation of different types of proppants; determining impact of proppants on the area around the drill site. • Groundwater infiltration; earthquakes in AL, WV • Accuracy of software simulations: Compare current drilling/3D reservoir models to real-world results. • Testing ISV software on larger systems • Software licensing issues
Missing Middle @ TACC • Training in modeling & simulation • Offer a web portal (a la EWI) for ‘fracing’ simulations and reservoir modeling • Need expertise of modelers and geologists to create portal • Modeled on existing software; easy to use • Challenge: Reservoir data is proprietary and very valuable!
Other HPC Centers • TACC is not the only academic HPC Center in Texas • Other centers across the US, also looking to collaborate • Budgets are tight all over • Federal budget worries, esp for NSF, DOE, NIH • Freshman class in Congress • Continuing budget resolutions
CASC • Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation • Association of centers at universities & national labs • 66 centers in 35 states (plus DC) • www.casc.org
Thanks! Questions – about TACC or CASC Melyssa Fratkin mfratkin@tacc.utexas.edu 512-471-9961