Supercomputers Directions in Technology and Applications (1989) / Chapter Skim
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7. Using Supercomputing to Transform Thinking about Product Design
7. Using Supercomputing to Transform Thinking about Product Design
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I will also discuss some recent applications by Kodak scientists in multiple disciplines throughout the Kodak research laboratories. But I will begin by briefly discussing the issue of communication and assimilation of the use of supercomputers within our industrial sector, because I believe that our failure to communicate how we assimilate the use of computer technology is principally responsible for the very slow rate of application of supercomputers to industrial R&D problems.
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We each had to learn on our own. Some 7 years later I accepted a job at the General Motors Technical Center's Computer Technology Division, where I was again to play the role of a researcher using computers: I was to find useful applications within General Motors' R&D community for their newly installed IBM-360 computer, a secondgeneration computer.
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Visualization as a Stimulus for Creativity This synergistic system, visualization and the interpretation of what we visualize, can lead to new theories and scientific paradigms, that is, the set of beliefs, values, and techniques shared by members of the scientific community and new tools for the advanced engineering sciences. I think that the power of computer-generated scientific visualization is best summarized by Herbert Butterfield as quoted in Thomas S
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Supercomputing has, however, allowed us to transform the way we think about problems involving polymers, crystalline compound dies, photographic imaging systems, and manufacturing technology development. For example, using supercomputer simulation, our engineers at the Kodak Park Division were able to test and then to redesign the delivery system used in a critical photographic film manufacturing process.
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Although the questions appear to be simple, obtaining answers requires well-crafted computer simulations involving many hours of computer time. Visualization is again required to gain insights from the gigabytes of data generated by the simulation, and it is often very helpful in determining the validity of the models.
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Color theory attempts to describe causal relationships between physical color stimuli from the environment and psychological color sensations evoked by these stimuli. Color stimuli are radiations within the visible spectrum and are described by radiometric functions, whereas color sensations are subjective and are described by words such as red, blue, or green.
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Donna Cox, for example, has visited Kodak three times in the last 18 months and has held seminars with literally hundreds of Eastman Kodak Company scientists and engineers. We are also taking advantage of a long-standing forum of exchange within the Kodak research laboratories, the Interplant Technical Conference Series.
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And we follow up by keeping another of our important stakeholders, top management, involved. Because it is especially important to communicate supercomputing benefits to our management stakeholders, we formed a Supercomputing Technology Board, consisting of the directors of several research and engineering divisions, to inform management of the experiences gained and the successes realized through the use of our supercomputing program.
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The results will be the increased efficiency and enhanced effectiveness of supercomputing scientists and engineers in the American workplace.
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