An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Programs Fiscal Year 1993 (1994) / Chapter Skim
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11 COMPUTING AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS LABORATORY
11 COMPUTING AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS LABORATORY
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that a modern computing, communications, and data management environment is developed and maintained for scientific and administrative applications. CAML differs from other NIST major laboratories in that its primary purpose is to provide services to the other NIST laboratories, in contrast to providing services for use external to NIST.
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In contrast, the manufacturing application component of the National Information Infrastructure initiative for fiscal year 1995 included both implementation and budgetary details. The Statistical Engineering Division's strategic plan outlined important objectives and projects to be carried out in collaboration with other NIST laboratories but did not address funding options.
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In response, the Strategic Plan, NIST Statistical Engineering Division (May 1993) , was drafted based on nine strategic elements selected by the division's staff members.
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. Dlvlslon Statistical Engineering-Boulder Statistical Engineering Ga~thersburg Computer Systems and Communications Division Network Engineering Telecommunications Network Engineering-Boulder Telecommunications Boulder Computer Sevolves Division Gaithersburg Operations Communications and Engineering Scientific Systems Software Technical Services Information Systems Division PC Assistance and Maintenance User Information and Database Systems Design and Programming FIGURE 11.1 Organization and structure of the Computing and Applied Mathematics Laboratory.
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Labor 18.60 58.62 Other objects 13.13 41.38 Total 31.73 100.00 Depreciable equipment 1. 00 aScientific and Technical Research and Services (i.e., direct for CAML's internal research/Industrial Technical appropriations for CAML's extramural services)
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Site and Category TABLE 11.2 Computing and Applied Mathematics Laboratory (CAML) Staff Count as of May 2, 1993 -- Each Site and Laboratory Total Staff Type ES/STa Boulder Full-time permanent25 4 635 Postdoctoral1 1 Part-time permanent1 23 Intermittent4 4 Guest researchers1 1 Subtotal (Boulder)
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The panel recommended in 1992 that the Statistical Engineering Division recruit senior staff with industrial expertise to support initiatives in advanced manufacturing and industrial-related ventures. The search was unsuccessful (due in part to salary constraints)
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Promising technology assistance includes modeling in materials science, mathematics-based approaches to manufacturing (including both the mathematical basis and experimental design) , the harnessing of computer workstation power, and dissemination of advanced reference information such as CAML's Guide to Available Mathematical Software.
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The Statistical Engineering Division's staff received a Department of Commerce Silver Medal; published in more than 60 referred journals and conference proceedings; made 40 technical presentations at professional meetings, universities, and other institutions; and participated in an impressive array of editorial and professional activities. The division's tutorial intramural courses in statistics for other NIST scientists and engineers continue to be in demand.
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Workshops and the Manufacturing Technology Centers offer avenues for broadening the division's collaboration with industry, as would visits of Statistical Engineering Division scientists to industrial sites for extended periods. The panel notes the success of the American Statistical Association-NIST-National Science Foundation Fellowship Program in bringing senior scientists to the division, complementing Statistical Engineering Division expertise in areas such as lifetesting, multivariate methods, and Bayesian analysis, and leading to very successful workshops for industry.
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NIST's current proposal for an initiative in manufacturing offers an opportunity and challenge to the Applied and Computational Mathematics Division. Aggressive marketing of the role of applied and computational mathematics in contemporary manufacturing and management would be consonant with the call made elsewhere (see, e.ge, Avner Friedman, James Glimm, and John Lavery, The Mathematical and Computational Sciences in Emerging Manufacturing Technologies and Management Practices, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, 1992)
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CAML's Scientific Computing Environments Division is responsible for scientific visualization, user training, and software administration and support; CAML's Computer Services Division improves, operates, and administers NIST's central computing resources; CAML's Computer Systems and Communications Division oversees NIST's central networking, telecommunications services, 250
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The panel endorses CAML's proposed fide migration testbed to help in selecting cost-effective, strong central computational resources and in evolving increased central support for NIST's local workstations and servers.
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