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1998 · 90640 — Pasadena CA: California Institute of Technology 1998. Presumed First Edition First printing thus. Three Ring Binder. Very good. Various paginations approximately 2.5 inches of material in the binder. RARE SURVIVING COPY of Academic Strategic Alliances Program Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative CalTech site visit. This reflects the state-of-the-art the state-of-knowledge and the state-of-practice at the end of the 20th Century. The Tabs are Schedule Overview Computational and Computer Science Materials Properties High Explosives Solid Dynamics Compressible Turbulence Integration Center Operations University Impact and Computing Facilities. Among the leaders attending were Steve Koonin Dan Meiron Jim Pool Bill Goddard Joe Shepherd Michael Ortiz Peter Schroeder and M. Aivazis. This binder consists of hard copies of viewgraphs presumably presented during the two day site visit. No marks to sheets were noted during a partial review of the pages. A Dept. of Energy participant badge and mailing address label are laid in. Unpackaged for shipment the binder weighs over 8 pounds and if sent outside of the United States will require additional shipping charges. The term "ASCI academic strategic alliances program" has evolved into to the Predictive Science Academic Alliance Program PSAAP. The earlier ASCI Academic Strategic Alliance Program ASAP was a U.S. Department of Energy initiative to advance computational modeling and simulation through academic partnerships. In response to the FY1994 National Defense Authorization Act establishing the Stockpile Stewardship Program the U.S. Department of Energy DOE has taken a different approach to its responsibility to ensure confidence in the safety performance and reliability of our nuclear stockpile. Without nuclear testing as the final arbiter of scientific judgment weapons scientists must rely much more heavily on computers to simulate the aging process and its impact on our weapon systems along with the impact of any required modifications. DOE's Stockpile Stewardship Program was established to develop new means of assessing the performance of nuclear weapon systems predict their safety and reliability and certify their functionality. The program not only must fulfill its responsibilities without nuclear testing but also must deal with constraints on nonnuclear testing the downsizing of production capability and the cessation of developing new weapon systems to replace existing weapons. Weapon components are exceeding their design lifetimes and manufacturing issues and environmental concerns will force changes in fabrication processes and materials of weapon components. As a result the Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative ASCI Program was established to be the focus of DOE's simulation and modeling efforts aimed at providing high-fidelity computer simulations of weapon systems that will enable scientists to continue to make the necessary judgments to maintain the credibility of the nuclear deterrent. This initiative will help define the right configuration of production and testing facilities necessary for managing the stockpile throughout the next several decades. California Institute of Technology unknown