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Kammerer, William J.

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)t-Dr. Sidney Adkins Burroughs Corporation esearch Communications (2) GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 	 OFFICE OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION PROJECT ADMINISTRATION DATA SHEET F1( ORIGINAL 	REVISION NO. 	 Project No. 	G-37-606 	 GT RIAKIXIX 	DATE  5 / 14/ 84  Project Director: 	Mark' J. Christensen 	schooi/COM 	Math  Sponsor: 	 •urrought Corporation Type Agreement: Agreement No. CPA 009 7584   Award Period: From 	3/15/84 	To  4/30/85 Sponsor Amount: 	 This Change  Estimated: S 	330,000  Funded: $ 	330,000  Cost Sharing Amount $ 	14,517.01  Title: 	Investigation of a Network of Advanced (Performance) 	4/30/85 	(Reports) Total to Date  330,000  330,000  Cost Sharing No: 	G-37-314 Microcomputers into Research & Tristrur- tional Programs of the School of Mathematics. ADMINISTRATIVE DATA  1) Sponsor Technical Contact: OCA Contact William F. Brown 	ext. 4820   2) Sponsor Admin/Contractual Matters: University Sponsored  Research Program  Room 4-18E  One Burroughs Place  Detra4t, MI 48328  Defense Priority Rating: 	N/A 	Military Security Classification: 	(or) Company/Industrial Proprietary: 	  RESTRICTIONS See Attached 	N/A Supplemental Information Sheet for Additional Requirements.    Travel: Foreign travel must have prior approval — Contact OCA in each case. Domestic travel requires sponsor approval where total will exceed greater of $500 or 125% of approved proposal budget category. Equipment: Title vests with 	None proposed or anticipated.  COMMENTS: N/A COPIES TO: Project Director Research Administrative Network Research Property Management Accounting FORM OCA 4:383 Procurement/EES Supply Services GTRI Library Project File Other 	NEWTON 3EORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 	 OFFICE OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION SPONSORED PROJECT TERMINATION/CLOSEOUT SHEET bJ Date 	9/10/86 roject No. 	G-37 -606 	 School/MX 	Math tcludes Subproject No.(s) 	N/A 'oject Director(s) W. J. Kammerer GTRC /ZiX   onsor Burroughs Corporation  tie 	Investigation of a Network of Advanced Microcomputers into Research & Instructional Programs of the School of Mathematics. fectivc Completion Date: 	4/30/85 	 (Performance) 	 (Reports) -.ant/Contract Closeout Actions Remaining: None Final Invoice or Final Fiscal Report Closing Documents Final Report of Inventions n Govt. Property Inventory & Related Certificate Classified Material Certificate Other intinues Project No. 	  Continued by Project No. IPIES TO: )jest Director 	 Library search Administrative Network 	 GTRC search Property Management Research Communications (2) counting 	 Project File murement/GTRI Supply Services 	 Other 	A. Jones  search Security Services 	 I. Newton portiCoordinator  (OAT R. Embry la! Services Ix I 	1 1RM OCA 69.285  Georgia Institute of Technology School of Mathematics Atlanta, Georgia 30332 (404) 894-2700 GEORGIA TECH 13115-1985 DESIGNING TOMORROW TODAY       March 20, 1986 G37-C'  at'uLe. A j 11 We enjoyed Ms. Lacis' visit very much. She asked a number of insightful questions which we fielded. Our demonstrations included several by graduate students and faculty members. Before discussing our funding needs, I thought it would-be useful to review the status of our current Burroughs Project. 	1. 	A Simplified Burroughs Graphics Package - this is an easy to use graphics language which is modeled after Turtle Graphics and was designed to plot the numerical output. a. The Pascal Version allows curve plotting on a HP-7470A plotter and the creation of "Pic Files" which can then be processed using the Burroughs Graphics Editor. b. The Interpretive Basic version is a customized Basic version of a. It will not allow the creation of Pic Files but has the desired feature of being interactive. This part of the project has been completed. We are, however, using a version that has two additional commands that increases the package's versatility. 2. 	A Library of Subroutines for Scientific Computing - this library contains many of the standard computational algorithms used in scientific computing. Included in this list are FORTRAN code for the algorithms: a. 	Subroutines for Finding Zeros of a Function Bisection Method Secant Method Newton's Method for Scalar Function Newton's Method for a System of Nonlinear Equations Dr. Sidney C. Adkins University Sponsored Research Program Burroughs Corporation One Burroughs Place Detroit, Michigan 48232 Dear Sid: An Equal Education and Empk•ment Oppxtunity Inshtutron 	 A Unit of the University System of Georgia Dr. Sidney C. Adkins March 20, 1986 Page Two • b. Solving Linear Equations LU Factorization for Dense Matrices Banded Matrices Cholesky's Method for Symmetric Positive Definite Banded Matrices Forward and Backward Substitution Subroutines for the above c. Numerical Integration Romberg Method Newton Cotes Method based upon five points Adaptive Routine based upon the Newton Cotes' Formula with N=5 Gaussian Quadrature for N=2 through 6 d. Interpolation Polynomial Interpolation B-spline Evaluation Spline Interpolation e. Least Squares Approximation QR Factorization Least Squares Spline Approximation for Linear, Quadratic and Cubic Splines f. Ordinary Differential Equations Runge Kutta Method of Order Four Adams-Bashforth Method Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg Method This package along with its documentation should be completed by the end of the Spring Quarter (mid-June 1986). 3. 	A FORTRAN Translator - this package translates Burroughs FORTRAN code into Burroughs Interactive Basic. During this translation process it is capable of detecting many common programming errors. It also contains many of the SBGraphics Commands. Dr. Sidney C. Adkins March 20, 1986 Page Three Work on this project is progressing. Because of the size and complexity of the code, the progress made this last quarter was slow. These problems have been overcome by creating modules and Work should be nearly completed by mid-June 1986. 4. A Terminal Emulator - this program allows our Burroughs microcomputers to communicate and transfer files with any computer on the Georgia Tech Network. In short, this program transforms the Burroughs Microcomputers into intelligent workstations that allow us to take advantage of each computer's strong points. For example, this program allows our faculty to use the Burroughs for editing files, running computational programs and graphing the results, using Multiplan to record their grades and yet reach out to use Georgia Tech's on-line library catalog, to communicate with colleagues at other universities through BitNet, to access the Registrar's files, etc. This program has been in use for the last 2 years. It is upgraded whenever the Network's parameters are changed. 5. The Burroughs Computing Laboratory - The syllabus of a number of our mathematics courses have been updated to take advantage of our Burroughs Compering Laboratory. This lab is open and staffed with a student instructor seven hours a day. 	In addition, concise instructional material has been written to illustrate many of the useful features on the microcomputers. To aid in the continuation of this work I believe the following funding is necessary (unofficial). BURROUGHS CORPORATION GEORGIA TECH Maintenance $10,000 $10,000 Student Assistant 10,000 (For Programming) Laboratory Assistance 8,000 Dr. Kammerer 	(2 months) 12,000 Travel 	(Dr. Kammerer) 1,000 $21,000 $30,000 Overhead 	(69%) 14,490 20,700 TOTAL $35,490 $50,700 Dr. Sidney C. Adkins March 20, 1986 Page Four If you agree with this assessment, I will have an official contract processed and sent to you. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely yours, W. F. Ames Director and Regents' Professor WFA:sa cc: Dr. L. A. Karlovitz Dr. W. J. Kammerer 

Investigation of a network of advanced microcomputers into research & instructional programs of the School of Mathematics

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