Data/Information Management
HPC has special challenges for data storage, movement and archiving, these are relatively easy to assess.
Extraction of information and insight are just as important but are more difficult to assess.
Visualization can aid insight and improve the turn about time of simulations – the scientist and their understanding are a vital part of the cycle.
Data is better managed if as much information is extracted as early as early as possible. With this in mind visualization tools may be combined with expert systems and artificial intelligence software to assess scientific judgement.
Notes:
The MPI-1.2 standard is using C and F77 bindings. They are however intending to encourage C++ and F90 and might evolve in that direction.
If a system does not support FORTRAN include files, values of named constants must be available.