Volume 7, Number 1 - Grid Computing

Grid Computing for Information Superiority

AFRL/IFTC

Advanced Computing Technology Branch

POC: Mr. Steve Drager and Dr. Lois Walsh/315-330-4029

[email protected]

Evolution in computing performance, capacity, and adaptability is necessary to continue advancing the ability of C4ISR systems to task, process, exploit and disseminate the voluminous information flowing from modern sensors and open sources. By increasing the computational capacity and sophistication of the architectural infrastructure, C4ISR modernization will be under girded to handle its mission realm of information acquisition, dissemination, exploitation and portrayal, decision-making and sense-making. While C4ISR systems are challenged by their complexity, these developments will confront the C4ISR complexity challenges and push "power to the edge."

Achieving, demonstrating, and fielding advanced computing architectures directly supports increased warfighter capabilities to support timely processing of information and maintenance of information superiority capability. Such capability is expected to result from the evolution in computing performance, capacity, interoperability and adaptability resulting from new technologies fused across the domains of High Performance Computing (HPC), embedded systems and information management. The development of grid computer architectures with greater capacity and sophistication will help to address dynamic mission objectives under constraints imposed by these systems in order to establish, maintain, and exploit information superiority.

The Joint Battlespace Infosphere (JBI) is being developed to provide the "right information" to the "right person" at the "right time." Scalability of the JBI as well as interactive real-time grid computing using High Performance Data Centers, which historically process batch submissions, are active areas of research.

The advanced computing group continues to explore ways to bring extramural and intramural researchers together for information sharing and development of possible collaborations. Individual visitors are welcome to discuss relevant research and possible collaborations.