Blue Waters

A short documentary about the Blue Waters project, which will build the world's first sustained petascale computational system dedicated to open scientific research. The project will include intense support for application development, system software development, interactions with business and industry, and educational programs. This comprehensive approach will ensure that users across the country will be able to use Blue Waters to its fullest potential. Features interviews with NCSA Director Thom Dunning, NCSA Deputy Director Rob Pennington, Professor David Ceperley, Professor Klaus Schulten, and Chancellor Richard Herman.