In support to scientists wishing to enter the Materials Science and Engineering Data Challenge , co-organized by the Air Force Research Lab in partnership with the National Science Foundation and the National Institute for Standards and Technology, Materials Today has partnered with HPCC Systems , to provide up to 3 packages for training and computation time on their High Performance Computing Cluster .
Materials Today now invites researchers with a need for high intensity computation time to propose projects that fit within the scope of the Grand Challenge: one page entries may be uploaded via the form below. In addition, we will invite authors of a selection of entries to turn their final submissions into journal articles, and considered for publication in Materials Discovery .
Details about the challenge can be found on the dedicated page on challenge.gov , in brief:
Submission Dates : Jul 01, 2015 - Mar 31, 2016
Judging Dates : Apr 01, 2016 - May 11, 2016
Winners Announced: May 11, 2016
The materials data used in the challenge must be publicly accessible & discoverable on the internet by 1 Sep 2015. Those who wish to make data accessible can do so on the NIST Materials Data Repository .
Applications will be judged on the novelty and significance of the approach, as well as on the demonstration that it has produced a valid solution to an open problem in materials science and engineering.
To upload your one page project proposals, log in with your Materials Today member account below.
About HPCC:
HPCC Systems® (www.hpccsystems.com ) from LexisNexis® Risk Solutions offers a proven, data-intensive supercomputing platform, designed for the enterprise, to process and solve Big Data analytical problems. As an alternative to legacy technology, HPCC Systems offers a consistent data-centric programming language, two processing platforms and a single, complete end-to-end architecture for efficient processing. LexisNexis Risk Solutions and HPCC Systems are part of RELX Group plc, a world-leading provider of information solutions for professional customers across industries. In support of the Grand Challenge, LexisNexis will provide access to HPCC Systems and online training resources.