Maine Edge reports on Brady’s computer modeling, climate change research
The Maine Edge published a University of Maine release about research by Damian Brady, an assistant professor in the School of Marine Sciences at the Darling Marine Center. The National Science Foundation recently awarded Brady and colleagues a $266,309 grant to advance UMaine high-performance computer modeling tools to aid timely forecasts of storms and effective management of commercial fishing in the wake of extreme weather events and unprecedented warming in the Gulf of Maine. The project — “Major Research Instrumentation Program Track 1: Acquisition of High Performance Computing to Model Coastal Responses to a Changing Environment” — includes buying a system that nearly triples computing power at the university and acquiring an off-site backup system for project data. “Computing and storage are the test tubes and microscopes of the 21st century. They support the creation of knowledge, collaboration, communication and economic growth,” Brady said. Boothbay Register also carried the report.