Computing Science One Arrow in the Quiver for Homeland Security

摘要

When the legislation establishing the Department of Homeland Security was being drafted, eyebrows were raised across the country over the explicit inclusion of Lawrence Livermore's Advanced Scientific Computing Research Program. The program was transferred from the Department of Energy's Office of Science to the new department's Science and Technology directorate. With so much attention being directed at top-level issues such as transportation security and biodefense, the role of scientific computing in homeland security is often overlooked. All of the major homeland security issues have critical elements that require advanced computing. Advanced scientific computing is more than the world's fastest or largest computers, the aspect of computing for which Livermore is typically known.