Supercomputer Applications in the Behavioral Sciences May 10-12, 1996

Article from the Supercomputing Institute Research Bulletin, Vol. 12 No. 4

The University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute hosted a symposium on Supercomputer Applications in the Behavioral Sciences, with sessions on May 10-12, 1996. The symposium was held at the Supercomputing Institute in Minneapolis. This symposium was a follow-up as well as an extension of the 1985 National Science Foundation conference "Advanced Computing for Psychology," which examined the increasing importance played by high-performance computing in the Behavioral Sciences.

Topics included computer intensive simulation methods, virtual reality, human factors, neural networks, human-machine interfaces, large data base handling, experimentation with human perception, and graphic visualization in the behavioral sciences.

The goals of this symposium were to (i) provide an opportunity to showcase research by current users of high-performance computers, (ii) to facilitate interaction among current users with potential users of high-performance computers, (iii) to inform future users of research techniques, and (iv) to formulate policy recommendations for the use of high-performance computing in the behavioral sciences.

The organizers of the symposium were Lynne K. Edwards, Educational Psychology and Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota; Stephen W. Link, Federation of Behavioral, Psychological, and Cognitive Sciences and McMasters University, Hamilton, Ontario; and Cynthia H. Null, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California.

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