◾ U.S. Industrial Supercomputing at NCSA
MERLE GILES, Seid Korić, Evan Dering Burness · 2015
NCSA’s funding began in 1986 as an outcome of the 1982 Black Proposal submitted by Dr. Larry Smarr and his colleagues (see Chapter 1). Included in the initial strategy was the establishment of the Industrial Partners Program, later named the Private Sector Program (PSP). Since 1986, the PSP has partnered with and provided consulting advice to nearly one-half of the U.S. FORTUNE50,® in a range of sectors including manufacturing, oil and gas, retail/wholesale/distribution, health care, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, food, information technology, bioinformatics, transportation, nance, and more. PSP’s participation in NDEMC (see Chapter 21) led to an additional and continuing investment in experts trained in the use of engineering applications in supercomputing environments.