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Higher Performance Computing: Enabling a Smarter, Brighter Energy Future
May 20, 2013 11:45 am | by Carl Bauer, Bauer Consulting | News | Comments
Supplying energy to the American people is an increasingly complex task. These complexities include not just the conversion of the various forms of energy (oil, gas, wind, hydropower, etc.) into useful forms (transportation fuel and electricity) but also moving the more useful form to where it can be used (transmission). Economics and government regulations complicate the matter further.
UF Launches HiPerGator, the State's Most Powerful Supercomputer
May 7, 2013 4:25 pm | by University of Florida | News | Comments
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida today unveiled the state's most powerful...
Bill Dally on Future Challenges of Large-Scale Computing
May 6, 2013 2:01 pm | Articles | Comments
Bill Dally, who became NVIDIA’s Chief Scientist and Senior Vice President of Research after...
SC13 to Feature ACM Athena Lecturer Katherine Yelick
May 1, 2013 12:06 pm | by SC13 | News | Comments
The Association for Computing Machinery's Council on Women in Computing (ACM-W) has announced...
NICE! The Brain as a Model for Future Supercomputers
May 22, 2013 4:30 pm | by Sandia National Laboratories | News | CommentsThe brain’s repute took a big hit in 1997 when an IBM supercomputer defeated world chess champion Gary Kasparov in a match reported around the world. But, in the second round, the brain is back. A Sandia National Laboratories-supported workshop in Albuquerque called NICE, for Neuro-Inspired Computational Elements workshop, discussed ways to use the brain’s superior ability to send electrical signals along massively parallel channels
Launching the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab
May 22, 2013 4:22 pm | by Hartmut Neven, Google Director of Engineering | News | CommentsWe believe quantum computing may help solve some of the most challenging computer science problems, particularly in machine learning. Machine learning is all about building better models of the world to make more accurate predictions. If we want to cure diseases, we need better models of how they develop.
Big Data: For Better or Worse
May 22, 2013 3:20 am | by SINTEF | News | CommentsA full 90 percent of all the data in the world has been generated over the last two years. The internet companies are awash with data that can be grouped and utilised. Is this a good thing? An increasing amount of data is becoming available on the internet. Each and every one of us is constantly producing and releasing data about ourselves.
SSG-6047R-E1R72L Hot-Swappable HDD Storage
May 21, 2013 11:35 am | Super Micro Computer, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsThe SSG-6047R-E1R72L high-capacity Double-Sided Storage server features 72x 3.5” hot-swappable HDDs plus 2x 2.5” hot- swappable HDDs, supporting up to 288 TB using the latest 4 TB Enterprise drives.
Call for Interest in SC Leadership
May 21, 2013 11:29 am | by SC Conference Series | News | CommentsThe SC International Conference for High Performance Computing Networking, Storage, and Analysis Steering Committee is seeking future leaders for the SC Conference Series. Nominations for the SC16 General Chair and two openings on the SC Steering committee are now open.
Intel Partners in Cybersecurity Center of Excellence
May 21, 2013 9:39 am | by Intel | News | CommentsIntel joined the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in a National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) partnership, along with 10 other industry leaders: Cisco, HP, HyTrust, McAfee, Microsoft, RSA, Splunk, Symantec, Vanguard and Venafi.
New Emerging Technologies Showcase at SC13
May 20, 2013 11:49 am | by Bill Gropp, SC13 General Chair | News | CommentsIt is my great privilege to serve as the General Chair of SC this year. This conference, now in its 26th year, combines a deep regard for quality and tradition with a commitment to innovation that ensures SC stays relevant in a community that fundamentally reinvents itself at least once a decade. As an attendee, this means that you can rely upon the familiar favorites you've come to expect while looking forward to discovering something new.
Mellanox Technologies Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Kotura
May 15, 2013 4:05 pm | by Mellanox Technologies | News | CommentsMellanox Technologies, a supplier of end-to-end interconnect solutions for servers and storage systems, announced its intent to acquire privately held Kotura, a leading innovator and developer of advanced silicon photonics optical interconnect technology for high-speed networking applications.
Nominations for SC13 Cray, Fernbach and Kennedy Awards Due July 1
May 15, 2013 1:57 pm | by SC13 | News | CommentsThe SC13 international conference for high performance computing, networking, storage and analysis, is accepting nominations for three distinguished awards that will be presented at the conference in November.The IEEE Seymour Cray Computer Science and Engineering Award, the IEEE Sidney Fernbach Memorial Award and the ACM-IEEE Ken Kennedy Award will be announced at SC13, to be held November 17 – 22 at the Colorado Convention Center.
OrangeFS High Performance Cloud Storage
May 14, 2013 3:37 pm | Omnibond Systems, LLC | Product Releases | CommentsOrangeFS is a parallel virtual file system designed for high performance computing (HPC), big data and data intensive applications, such as research, genomics and seismic. OrangeFS High Performance Cloud Storage is available on AWS Marketplace as a Community version, or as an Advanced (Provisioned IOPS) version, with the consistent performance of Provisioned IOPs and advanced support from Omnibond.
New Software Spots, Isolates Cyber-attacks to Protect Networked Control Systems
May 14, 2013 10:55 am | by North Carolina State University | News | CommentsResearchers from North Carolina State University have developed a software algorithm that detects and isolates cyber-attacks on networked control systems – which are used to coordinate transportation, power and other infrastructure across the United States.
Photonic Quantum Computers: How to beat a supercomputer
May 13, 2013 11:47 am | by University of Vienna | News | CommentsQuantum computers work by manipulating quantum objects as, for example, individual photons, electrons or atoms and by harnessing the unique quantum features. Not only do quantum computers promise a dramatic increase in speed over classical computers in a variety of computational tasks; they are designed to complete tasks that even a supercomputer would not be able to handle. Although, in recent...
Special ISC’13 Session to Probe the Thinking behind Europe’s Human Brain Project
May 13, 2013 10:04 am | by ISC’13 | News | CommentsThe Human Brain Project, recently awarded a 10-year grant by the EU Commission, will pull together all our existing knowledge about the human brain and to reconstruct the brain, piece by piece, in supercomputer-based models and simulations. In a special session at the 2013 International Supercomputing Conference, scientists working on the Human Brain Project will discuss their vision and roadmap for computing.
EMC Data Protection Suite
May 10, 2013 3:59 pm | Emc | Product Releases | CommentsThe EMC Data Protection Suite is a "survival kit" designed to provide flexibility and reduce risk by simplifying the acquisition, implementation and use of backup and archive solutions, while lowering total cost of ownership. It delivers a portfolio of data protection services to support virtual and physical environments and tight integration with EMC purpose-built backup appliances.
Cray XC30-AC Supercomputer
May 8, 2013 2:39 pm | Cray Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsThe Cray XC30-AC air cooled supercomputer is designed to enable users in fields such as manufacturing, life sciences and energy to apply supercomputing resources toward solving challenges that can only be addressed with high-end HPC technology.
EMC ViPR Software-Defined Storage
May 6, 2013 2:47 pm | Emc | Product Releases | CommentsThe EMC ViPR Software-Defined Storage platform is designed to manage storage infrastructure (the Control Plane) and the data residing within that infrastructure (the Data Plane), allowing service providers and IT departments to drive toward the operational model of web-scale data centers without building a custom environment.
More than a Game: Exploring New Digital Frontiers
May 3, 2013 7:40 am | by York, University of | News | CommentsA new initiative aims to unlock the potential for scientific and social benefits in digital games. The £1.2 million project aims to bring the UK digital games industry closer to scientists, teachers and healthcare workers to harness their ingenuity and innovation to contribute to advances in science and society.
SCinet Call for Network Resources for SC13 due by June 8
May 1, 2013 12:08 pm | by SC13 | News | CommentsFor the duration of the SC13 conference, Denver will host of one of the most powerful and advanced networks in the world — SCinet. Created each year for the conference, SCinet brings to life a highly sophisticated, very high-capacity network that supports the revolutionary applications and experiments that are a hallmark of the SC Conference.
TotalView to Debug New CSC Cray XC30 Supercomputer
May 1, 2013 12:03 pm | by Rogue Wave Software | News | CommentsRogue Wave Software, the largest independent provider of cross-platform software development tools and embedded components for the next generation of High Performance Computing (HPC) applications, announced that TotalView has been selected by CSC – IT Center for Science Ltd to debug scientific and research applications on its new Cray XC30 supercomputer.
Convey and Nimbix to Give away $25,000 of Processing Time for Accelerated Genomics
May 1, 2013 11:55 am | by Convey | News | CommentsConvey Computer has announced that Nimbix, a leader in accelerated high-performance cloud computing, has partnered with Convey to expand its Convey hybrid-core (HC) infrastructure, as part of “The Accelerated Genomics Cloud” (TAGC) promotion, which provides free runtime for qualified applicants.
Creating the First 100 Gbps Research Link across the Atlantic
May 1, 2013 10:02 am | by ESnet | News | CommentsSix of the world’s leading research and education networks — ESnet, Internet2, NORDUnet, SURFnet, CANARIE and GÉANT – have announced their intent to build the world’s first 100 gigabits-per-second (Gbps) intercontinental transmission links for research and education.
Computer Scientists Set New Simulation Speed Record on Sequoia Supercomputer
April 30, 2013 2:04 pm | by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | News | CommentsComputer scientists at LLNL and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have set a high performance computing speed record that opens the way to the scientific exploration of complex planetary-scale systems. In a paper to be published in May, the joint team will announce a record-breaking simulation speed of 504 billion events per second on LLNL’s Sequoia Blue Gene/Q supercomputer, dwarfing the previous record set in 2009 of 12.2 billion events per second.
ORNL Develops Innovative Virtual Environment for Scientific Collaboration
April 30, 2013 2:01 pm | by Oak Ridge National Laboratory | News | CommentsThe Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors, the Department of Energy's first Innovation Hub, has enlisted top scientists and engineers from around the U.S. to improve the nuclear reactors that provide about 20 percent of the nation's electricity. But the researchers don't all have to be in one place
GPU-based Brain Research Helps Japanese Robot Swing for the Fences
April 29, 2013 4:20 pm | by Brian Caulfield, NVIDIA | News | CommentsThe human cerebellum is a mysterious thing. Responsible for motor control, it’s the reason why we can walk, run, or learn to hit a baseball without having to consciously think through the mechanics of what we’re doing. These are some of the tasks that robots — with their ‘electronic’ brains — struggle with most.
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center and Notre Dame to Supply Computer Infrastructure for Global Malaria Eradication Project
April 29, 2013 2:40 pm | by Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center | News | CommentsPittsburgh Supercomputing Center and the University of Notre Dame have received up to $1.6 million in funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a system of computers and software for the Vector Ecology and Control Network (VECNet), an international consortium to eradicate malaria. The new VECNet Cyber-Infrastructure Project will support VECNet’s effort to unite research, industrial and public policy efforts
