Prof. Thomas Sterling of the Department of Computer Science and CCT (Center for Computation and Technology) has been recently awarded three grants. One from the Department of Defence for the project titled "Dynamic Execution Model for High Productivity Computing", another from DARPA for "Exascale Computing Software Study" and the third from NSF. The details are below.

Department of Defence grant for Prof. Thomas Sterling

Sponsor: Department of Defense
Title: Dynamic Execution Model for High Productivity Computing
Project Duration: 4/25/2008 - 4/24/2009 (with optional second year at approximately the same rate)
Amount awarded to LSU: $422,639
Total project funding: Same as above

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Grant for Dr. Thomas Sterling

Sponsor: Georgia Institute of Technology through Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Title: Support of Exascale Computing Software Study
Project Duration: Original start date May 2007 - 1/31/2009
Amount awarded to LSU: $70,000 (in addition to previously funded award in the amount of $86,000)
Total project funding: $156,000 since May 2007

HECURA Collaborative Research - Grant from NSF

Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Title:HECURA Collaborative Research: A Study and Implementation of Semantic Constructs for Highly Scalable Leading-edge Scientific Computing
LSU Co-PIs:Dr. Joel Tohline, Alumni Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy; Dr. Luis Lehner, Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Collaborators: Steven Liebling (Long Island University); David Nielsen, Matthew Anderson, Eric Hirschmann (Brigham Young University)
Project Duration: September 1, 2008 - August 31, 2009
Amount awarded to LSU: $70,000
Total project funding: Same as above