Scala Computing Partners with Science and Technology in Atmospheric Research (STAR LLC) to Offer an End-to-End Weather Prediction Solution Leveraging Cloud HPC Resources
Partnership will offer researchers, students and other groups within the weather community rapid access to setting up and running simulations with vetted WRF model setups.
NEW YORK, Jan. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Scala Computing and STAR LLC today announced a joint go-to-market strategy, where the STAR-NWP™ weather forecast system will run on Scala Computing's proprietary Cloud HPC Platform, offering an all-encompassing platform for weather research organizations.
"Scala Computing continues to push the boundaries in helping enterprises move from legacy to on-demand, scalable, and secure high-performance computing (HPC) on the cloud. Our partnership with STAR is another step forward in offering weather research organizations a complete new way to meet their weather forecast computing needs—on the cloud, with simplified on-demand access to an always available HPC infrastructure," said Rob Zecha, co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at Scala Computing.
"STAR LLC is excited to work with Scala Computing in expanding our platform availability with on-demand cloud HPC options," said Dr. Allison Reed-Harris, NWP Division Head at STAR LLC. "Our research in atmospheric sciences coupled with fine-grained control of weather models through specifically tailored software applications allows full-scale numerical weather prediction. With the Scala Computing partnership, we can provide more affordable and on-demand end-to-end weather forecast solutions to our customers."
Scala Computing will bring its expertise in high performance computing, Cloud proficiency, and automated DevOps orchestration to offer the most cost-effective automated cloud solution in the market.
STAR-NWP™ is designed to provide an end-to-end weather forecast solution that runs efficiently in the cloud and is accessible to both novice and advanced users. STAR provides software based on the company's expertise in applying WRF to develop a deeper understanding of atmospheric processes. This experience in weather science will offer researchers, students and other groups within the weather community rapid access to setting up and running simulations with vetted WRF model setups.
About Scala Computing:
Scala Computing is focused on enabling organizations to leverage the power of Big Compute, easily, cost-effectively and efficiently. Scala removes the barriers to entry and complexity of high-performance computing so that engineers, researchers, and developers across industries can focus on their core drivers of value: their applications, not the compute environment.
The Scala Computing team has received several prestigious awards and grants for research in High Performance Computing. These include awards from the U.S. DOE, NSF, NIH, ARO, NYS, China's Ministry of Science, HPC2, Siemens, Oracle, and Intel, amongst others.
Scala Computing counts NY City's Department of Environmental Protection as one of its key clients where the Scala Compute Platform was successfully deployed to run water quality models on the cloud.
About STAR LLC:
STAR was formed in 2006 under DARPA sponsorship as a spinoff of the National Center for Atmospheric Research to conduct classified R&D. STAR developed a multi-tiered atmospheric and airborne plume modeling system to help protect the occupants of high-value facilities against chemical and biological attacks. Since then, STAR has developed systems that support numerous defense and intelligence services, and has recently developed a new platform called STAR-NWP™ that also addresses the needs of the broader weather research communities. It combines the know-how of STAR's team of software architects and NWP specialists.
SOURCE Scala Computing
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