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High Performance Visualization Center Initiative
Presented by Rafael Mahecha, Technical
Assistant Dr. Paul J. Croft Dr. R. Suseela
Reddy August 2001
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Web Development Delivery
Software
Equipment Purchasing
Systems Administration
Hardware
Technical Assistant
Implement New Technologies
Presentations (Publications)
Distance Learning
Training Co-workers Students
Supervise Mentor Students
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Where are we now?

• Development products, guidelines, procedures
• Professional Labs., Products, and Professional
  work
• Websites (http//weather.jsums.edu,
  http//rainbow.jsums.edu)
• Technical Memorandum (complete technical
  description of resources, from computers to
  infrastructure buildings.)
• Computer systems Red Hat Linux, SGI IRIX, SUN,
  Windows, printers, scanners, audio-visual, other
  peripherals, printed materials, weather
  instruments, etc.)
• How To, System Administration
• Laboratory and Computer Use Guidelines,
  Policies, and Procedures (updated monthly)
• Description of professional use of resources
  (from phone calls to computers use.)
• Security, firewall, SSH, user accounts, automated
  back ups,
• Different procedures for research/web/e-mail/devel
  opment servers.

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• Distance Learning
• Close work with Jones County Junior College
  (JCJC)
• Development of outline for Intro and Intermediate
  Meteorology
• Use of mesoscale modeling materials (computer
  code, data sets, products, etc.) in the classroom
• Website integration (http//viz.jsums.edu/coamps,
  http//fog.jsums.edu/mm5, http//rainbow.jsums.e
  du, and http//weather.jsums.edu).
• Operational Modeling Delivery
• MM5 on http//fog.jsums.edu/mm5.
• COAMPS on http//viz.jsums.edu/coamps.
• Runs twice/day (MM5 1030 2230, and COAMPS 1200
  2400), 24-hr forecast.
• Runs in SGI Origin 2100, IRIX 6.5.10, (4 350MHz
  MIPS R12000 processors, 2GB memory).
• Products (Press, Temp, Wind, Moisture, Precip,
  SkewT, Td, RH, Mixing Ratio, Frontogenical
  Funct., Vorticity, loops, etc.).

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• Multi-processor, shared memory
• (operational modeling and product development for
  visualization)
• Website development
• (http//weather.jsums.edu, http//rainbow.jsums.ed
  u)
• Distance Learning Classes
• (in coordination with Jones County Junior College
  -JCJC)

SGI 2100
Visualization Lab
Electronic Classroom
Linux Cluster (on order)
(Room 259, JHS)
(Room 270, JHS)