RoadRunner: Opportunities in Peta-Scale Computing

After a brief introduction of the World's first Petaflop/s Machine RoadRunner, which was designed by IBM for Los Alamos, we will discuss opportunities in computational science based on large-scale particle methods such as molecular dynamics (MD), direct simulation Monte-Carlo (DSMC), and agent-based models. Examples will include material science applications including metals under extreme pressure and temperature conditions [1,2], fluid dynamics challenges [3,4], and epidemiological models that help to explore mitigation strategies for possible pandemic outbreaks such as bird-flu [5]