NASA SUMMER SCHOOL FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTATIONAL EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES Summer 2000 The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Earth and Space Data Computing Division (ESDCD) and the Universities Space Research Association are soliciting applications from qualified graduate students to participate in an intensive lecture series in computational earth and space sciences during the three-week period July 10 - 28, 2000. The ESDCD provides comprehensive research and development support in data handling and computing for NASA Earth and space science research programs. **Resident facilities include a 1024-processor Cray T3E, a Cray J90 cluster composed of three 32-processor Cray J90 systems, and several Beowulf-class systems (Beowulf is a class of inexpensive massively-parallel systems designed as a cluster of commodity PC's using LINUX). **This program stems from ongoing activities that reflect NASA's desire to help train the next generation of Earth and space scientists in the development of computational techniques and algorithms for scalable parallel computers in support of the Federal High Performance Computing and Communications Program.

Approximately 15 students will be selected to participate in the three-week program. Students will be given hands-on computer training and small group interaction experience. Experienced computational scientists will present a series of lectures on advanced topics in computational earth and space sciences, with emphasis on computational fluid dynamics and particle methods. Vendors will present lectures on developing software for their massively parallel architectures. **Both the Cray T3E and the Beowulf systems will be available for use by the students.** At the end of the program, students will be required to present a 15-minute summary of what they learned and how it relates to their respective fields of study. The program aims to attract Ph.D. students in the Earth and space science disciplines whose present or future research requires large-scale numerical modeling on massively parallel architectures. Eligibility is normally limited to those Earth and space science students who are enrolled in U.S. universities and who have passed their Ph.D. qualifying exams. Because of NASA GSFC security regulations, citizens of certain prescribed nations may be ineligible.

Application materials should include: 1) a cover letter explaining your interest in the program and how your research will benefit from your participation; 2) your area of research and thesis title; 3) a statement of your career objectives and goals; 4) a description of your relevant work experience; 5) your curriculum vitae or resume with publication list; 6) your current G.P.A.; 7) two letters of reference; 8) academic transcripts showing two full years of work; and 9) a statement of citizenship and visa status.

Students will receive a stipend of $1,440 ($12 per hour) and will be reimbursed for domestic transportation to and from Greenbelt, Maryland. Students will be housed near the Goddard Space Flight Center, and transportation to and from Goddard each day will be provided. Applications are due by April 3, 200 and selection announcements are planned for April 10, 2000. All application information should be directed to: HPCP Program Coordinator, USRA/HPCP, Code 930.5, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771. (301) 286-4403, smith@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov or see our web address at http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov