Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 09:49:30 -0500
From: "Polansky, Walt" <Walt.Polansky@science.doe.gov>
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     "Ndousse-Fetter, Thomas" <tndousse@er.doe.gov>,
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     "Seweryniak, George" <seweryni@er.doe.gov>
Subject: Computational sciences- Exploration of New Directions


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I am pleased to report that David Keyes (keyes@cs.odu.edu), of Old
Dominion University, has agreed to lead a broad-based effort on behalf of
the Office of Science to identify rich and fruitful directions for the
computational sciences from the perspective of scientific and engineering
applications.  One early, expected outcome from this effort will be a
strong science case for an ultra-scale simulation capability for the
Office of Science.

David will be organizing a workshop (early summer 2003, Washington DC
metro area) to formally launch this effort.  I expect this workshop will
address the major opportunities and challenges facing computational
sciences in areas of strategic importance to the Office of Science.  I
envision a report from this workshop by July 30, 2003.  Furthermore, this
workshop should foster additional workshops, meetings and discussions on
specific topics that can be identified and analyzed over the course of
the next year.       

Please mention this undertaking to your colleagues.  I am looking forward
to their support and their participation, along with researchers from
academia and industry, in making this effort a success.

Thanks.

Walt P.