Federal Grant Award Summary

Oregon State University received a $152,807 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), effective July 1, 2026 through January 31, 2027. The award supports collaborative research to develop PRODM (Progressive Data Management), a unified software framework for managing and analyzing scientific data produced by extreme-scale simulations and instruments. The deliverables include three integrated engines: a Data Engine that unifies progressive data representations and provides hardware acceleration support and interoperable software interfaces; an In-Situ Engine designed to facilitate real-time data analytics during simulation execution; and a Post-Hoc Engine for retrospective data analysis. These components collectively enable scientists to access and process data progressively with reduced data movement and computation overhead.

The project outcomes will be delivered as publicly available software to enhance research cyberinfrastructure, advance scientific discovery across compute-intensive disciplines, and broaden participation in computing education and research. This work addresses a critical gap in cyberinfrastructure by making recent algorithmic innovations in progressive methods accessible to the scientific research community, particularly for researchers working with the massive datasets generated by exascale computational science and large-scale scientific instruments.