Exploiting Parallelism and Scalability (XPS)

NSF's implementation of the revised 2 CFR

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Updates to NSF Research Security Policies

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Synopsis

Computing systems have undergone a fundamental transformation from the single-core processor-devices of the turn of the century to today's ubiquitous and networked-devices with multicore/many-core processors along with warehouse-scale computing via the cloud. At the same time, semiconductor technology is facing fundamental physical limits and single-processor performance has plateaued. This means that the ability to achieve predictable performance improvements through improved processor technologies alone has ended. Thus, parallelism has become critically important.

The Exploiting Parallelism and Scalability (XPS) program aims to support groundbreaking research leading to a new era of parallel computing. Achieving the needed breakthroughs will require a collaborative effort among researchers representing all areas -- from services and applications down to the micro-architecture -- and will be built on new concepts, theories, and foundational principles. New approaches to achieving scalable performance and usability need new abstract models and algorithms, new programming models and languages, and new hardware architectures, compilers, operating systems and run-time systems, and must exploit domain and application-specific knowledge. Research is also needed on energy efficiency, communication efficiency, and on enabling the division of effort between edge devices and clouds.< /p>

Program contacts

Name	Email	Phone	Organization
Anindya Banerjee	abanerje@nsf.gov	(703) 292-7885	CISE/CCF
Tracy Kimbrel	tkimbrel@nsf.gov	(703) 292-7924	CISE/CCF
Tao Li	taoli@nsf.gov	(703) 292-8238	CISE/CCF
Amy Apon	aapon@nsf.gov	(703) 292-7939	CISE/CNS
Mimi McClure	mmcclure@nsf.gov	(703) 292-5197	CISE/CNS
Rajiv Ramnath	rramnath@nsf.gov	(703) 292-4776	CISE/OAC
Aidong Zhang	azhang@nsf.gov	(703) 292-5311	CISE/IIS

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Program status: Archived

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Published:

October 19, 2015

Exploiting Parallelism and Scalability (XPS)

Status: Archived

Archived funding opportunity

NSF's implementation of the revised 2 CFR

Important information for proposers

Updates to NSF Research Security Policies

Synopsis

Program contacts

Awards made through this program

Exploiting Parallelism and Scalability (XPS)

Status: Archived

Archived funding opportunity

NSF's implementation of the revised 2 CFR

Important information for proposers

Updates to NSF Research Security Policies

Synopsis

Program contacts

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Awards made through this program

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