Concetto Giuliano (AFRL/DE), Dr. Paul W. Schumacher Jr. (AFRL/DE), Dr. Charles L. Matson (AFRL/DE), Dr. Francis K. Chun (HQ USAFA/DFP), R. Bruce Duncan (Maui High Performance Computing Center), Robert DeSonia (Maui High Performance Computing Center), Dr. George Gusciora (Maui High Performance Computing Center), Kevin Roe (Maui High Performance Computing Center), Kathy J. Borelli (Maui High Performance Computing Center)
Keywords: Software Applications, SSA Applications
Abstract:
The High Performance Computing Software Applications Institute for Space Situational Awareness (HSAI-SSA) has completed its first full year of applications development. The emphasis of our work in this first year was in improving space surveillance sensor models and image enhancement software. These applications are the Space Surveillance Network Analysis Model (SSNAM), the Air Force Space Fence simulation (SimFence), and physically constrained iterative de-convolution (PCID) image enhancement software tool. Specifically, we have demonstrated order of magnitude speed-up in those codes running on the latest Cray XD-1 Linux supercomputer (Hoku) at the Maui High Performance Computing Center. The software applications improvements that HSAI-SSA has made, has had significant impact to the warfighter and has fundamentally changed the role of high performance computing in SSA.
Date of Conference: September 10-14, 2006
Track: Poster