Sorry I didn't read it all - a bit busy tonight, but some comments: There is a typo on the third last line of the summary: research -> researchers ?
The phrase "impact on mathematics" or something equivalent is used too often in the summary. It's too generic. I personally think it is a good move mentioning the "Sage supercomputer". Personally I'd mention it earlier on and mention the press it got, including overseas. I think this is an extremely important point, since that machine has opened up a whole world of possibilities. The E8 computation alone has spawned an immense amount of interest, let alone all the other stuff done on there. I'm confused about the hardware itself. You mention two 16 core servers in the main description, but in the budget justification (I may have missed them) I don't see them. Instead I see 6 high end desktop computers. Perhaps this is something to do with what the grant guidelines tell you to do. I haven't read those. John already picked up numerous things which I noted, (so I won't duplicate them), and I strongly agree with his comments. Bill. William Stein wrote: > Hi, > > Robert Miller and I are trying hard to get some sexy new hardware via > the NSF SCREMS program. > Please see and comment on the attached proposal. Any typos, thoughts, > etc., are welcome. > > http://sage.math.washington.edu/grants/screms/ > > NSF evaluates proposals based on scientific value, etc., and this > proposal is mainly about number theory > and other research because of that. But the equipment would also > greatly benefit the Sage project. > > This proposal will be submitted on Thursday so please make comments asap. > > -- William > > > -- > William Stein > Associate Professor of Mathematics > University of Washington > http://wstein.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
