Evolving the High Performance Computing and Communications Initiative to Support the Nation’s Information Infrastructure
To Support the Nation’s Information Infrastructure 1995 Members of the Committee to Study High Performance Computing and Communications: Status of a Major Initiative, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, National Research Council (“Brooks-Sutherland Report”). (1995).
Introduction
In early 1994, acting through the Defense Authorization Act for FY 1994 (Public Law 103160), Congress asked the National Research Council (NRC) to examine the status of the High-Performance Computing and Communications Initiative (HPCCI). Broad-based interest in and support for the HPCCI exist. Given its scope and size, concerns had been raised about its goals, management, and progress.