§ 5502. Purpose
The purpose of this chapter is to help ensure the continued leadership of the United States in high-performance computing and its applications by -
- (1) expanding Federal support for research, development, and application of
high-performance computing in order to -
- (A) establish a high-capacity and high-speed National Research and Education
Network;
- (B) expand the number of researchers, educators, and students with training
in high-performance computing and access to high-performance computing resources;
- (C) promote the further development of an information infrastructure of data
bases, services, access mechanisms, and research facilities available for use through the Network;
- (D) stimulate research on software technology;
- (E) promote the more rapid development and wider distribution of computing
software tools and applications software;
- (F) accelerate the development of computing systems and subsystems;
- (G) provide for the application of high-performance computing to Grand
Challenges;
- (H) invest in basic research and education, and promote the inclusion of
high-performance computing into educational institutions at all levels; and
- (I) promote greater collaboration among government, Federal laboratories,
industry, high-performance computing centers, and universities; and
- (2) improving the interagency planning and coordination of Federal research
and development on high-performance computing and maximizing the effectiveness of the Federal Government's high-performance computing efforts.