NCCS and Partners Showcase Scientific Computing
at the Supercomputing 2021 (SC21) Conference

The NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS) and partners from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and universities will showcase their work in scientific computing during SC21, the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis, being held in St. Louis, Missouri, and virtually November 14–19, 2021.
NASA is participating in the conference virtually, with an online exhibit featuring nearly 40 research projects from across the agency. Visit NASA@SC21 for more information about the following NCCS-related projects:
*NASA@SC21 Featured Research Project*
NASA Hydrological Forecast System for Food and Water Security Applications
Kristi Arsenault, Abheera Hazra, Hydrological Sciences Laboratory; Kimberly Slinski, and The Land Information System (LIS) Core Team, Earth Sciences Division; NASA Goddard
NCCS — On the Open Road to OpenStack
Laura Carriere, Robert Budden, and Jonathan Mills, NCCS, NASA Goddard
2020 NASA High-End Computing Needs Assessment Report
Michael Little, Daniel Duffy, Computational and Information Sciences and Technology Office (CISTO), NASA Goddard; Tsengdar Lee, NASA High-End Computing Program, NASA Headquarters; and Piyush Mehrotra, NASA Advanced Supercomputing Division, NASA Ames Research Center
NASA Studies Snowflake Melting to Improve Storm System Models
Craig Pelissier, CISTO; William S. Olson, Kwo-Sen Kuo, and Ian S. Adams; Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Laboratory; NASA Goddard
*NASA@SC21 Featured Research Project*
NASA’s Earth Information System Delivers Analysis-Ready Fire, Freshwater, and Sea Level Change Products
Christa Peters-Lidard, Sciences and Exploration Directorate; Sujay Kumar, Hydrological Sciences Laboratory; Alexey Shiklomanov, Biospheric Sciences Laboratory; and Denis Felikson, Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory; NASA Goddard
Extreme Universe: Multiple Star Systems and Mysterious Objects
Brian P. Powell, NASA High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center; and Veselin Kostov, Observational Cosmology Laboratory; NASA Goddard
Pushing the Boundaries of Simulation to Explore the Earth
William Putman, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, NASA Goddard
AWS JupyterHub and ParallelCluster Architecture and Performance
Ramon Ramirez-Liñán, NCCS; and Hoot Thompson, CISTO; NASA Goddard
AI/ML/DL Benchmarks for Earth Science Applications
Chaowei Yang, George Mason University; Daniel Duffy, Michael Little, CISTO, NASA Goddard; and Yun Li, George Mason and Emory Universities
Related Link
- "6 Things to Know About Supercomputing at NASA,” NASA News Release, Nov. 12, 2021.
Jarrett Cohen, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center


