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The creation of HPCF would not have been possible without the support of many individuals and organizations. The following information highlights some details. Thanks to all for the help!

The initial purchase of the first 32 nodes of hpc in 2008 was funded jointly by seed funding provided by UMBC and by funds from the individual researchers Larrabee Strow (Physics), Markos Georganopoulos (Physics), Lynn Sparling (Physics), Maricel Kann (Biological Sciences), Curtis Menyuk (Computer Science and Electrical Engineering), Charles Eggleton (Mechanical Engineering), and Dan Bailey (Imaging Research Center).

The philosophy of HPCF as an interdisciplinary, shared campus resource was developed in detail in two MRI proposals to the National Science Foundation (NSF). The proposal in 2008 involved 23 researchers from 10 departments and research centers from all three colleges at UMBC, with PI Matthias K. Gobbert (Mathematics and Statistics), co-PIs Lynn Sparling (Physics), Marie desJardins (Computer Science and Electrical Engineering), Penny Rheingans (Computer Science and Electrical Engineering), and Marc Olano (Computer Science and Electrical Engineering), and co-investigators Florian A. Potra (Mathematics and Statistics), Andrei Draganescu (Mathematics and Statistics), John Zweck (Mathematics and Statistics), Nagaraj K. Neerchal (Mathematics and Statistics), Wallace McMillan (Physics), Markos Georganopoulos (Physics), Larrabee Strow (Physics), Stephen J. Freeland (Biological Sciences), Maricel G. Kann (Biological Sciences), Curtis R. Menyuk (Computer Science and Electrical Engineering), Charles D. Eggleton (Mechanical Engineering), Claire Welty (Civil and Environmental Engineering and CUERE), Erle C. Ellis (Geography and Environmental Systems), Jeffrey B. Halverson (Geography and Environmental Systems and JCET), Scott Farrow (Economics), Andrew Tangborn (JCET), Erricos C. Pavlis (JCET), and Stuart S. Schwartz (CUERE). Some additional faculty involved in the 2007 MRI proposal also helped shape the vision, who were Susan K. Gregurick (Chemistry), Daniele Fabris (Chemistry), Jacob Kogan (Mathematics and Statistics), Howard E. Motteler (Physics), Charles Nicholas (Computer Science and Electrical Engineering), and Philip J. Rous (Physics).

The acquisition of hpc is partially supported by the National Science Foundation, whose support we gratefully acknowledge and which requires the following notice: This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants CNS-0821258 and DMS-0821311. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.