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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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Experts Focus on Code Efficiency at ISC 2015
In this special guest feature, Robert Roe from Scientific Computing World explores the efforts made by top HPC centers to scale software codes to the extreme levels...
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Video: A Systems View of Machine Learning
"Despite the growing abundance of powerful tools, building and deploying machine-learning frameworks into production continues to be major challenge, in both science...
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SC15 Announces Finalists for Gordon Bell Prize
SC15 just announced the finalists for the the ACM Gordon Bell Prize in High Performance Computing. The $10,000 prize will be presented to the winner at the conference...
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Titan Supercomputer Powers the Future of Forecasting
Knowing how the weather will behave in the near future is indispensable for countless human endeavors. Now, researchers at ECMWF are leveraging the computational...
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Job of the Week: HPC Systems Engineer for Oil & Gas at DDN
DDN is seeking an HPC Systems Engineer for Oil & Gas in our Job of the Week. The post Job of the Week: HPC Systems Engineer for Oil & Gas at DDN appeared firstinsideHPC...
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Video: Computer Science – America’s Untapped Opportunity
"Software and computers are everywhere, revolutionizing every field around us. But the majority of schools don't teach computer science. Code.org believes every...
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Interview: An Exhibits Preview of SC15
With Summer winding down, SC15 is just around the corner. With a smaller exhibits space than previous years, the SC15 Exhibits Chair Trey Breckenridge was faced...
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Video: Intel Announces Collaborative Cancer Cloud
In this video from IDF 2015, Intel and Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) announce the Collaborative Cancer Cloud, a precision medicine analytics platform...
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Alan Alda to Keynote SC15
The Austin Business Journal reports that actor Alan Alda will keynote the SC15 conference. "Alda is a seven-time Emmy winner and science enthusiast. Most widely...
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D-Wave 2X Quantum Computer Goes GA with 1000+ Qubits
Today D-Wave Systems announced the general availability of the D-Wave 2X quantum computing system. The D-Wave 2X features a 1000+ qubit quantum processor and numerous...
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Video: High Performance Computing for the LHC
In this video, Fermilab’s Dr. Don Lincoln gives us a sense of just how much data is involved and the incredible computer resources that make the LHC possible. "The...
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Video: First Look at Intel Optane Non-volatile Memory
"At IDF, Intel introduced Intel Optane technology, which is based on the revolutionary 3D XPoint non-volatile memory media and combined with the company's advanced...
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Video: Panel Discussion on Supercomputing for Aerospace
In this video from the AIAA Aviation Conference 2015, panelists discuss Supercomputing: Roadmap and its Future Role in Aerospace Engineering. "Supercomputing has...
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Call for Submissions: Workshop on Heterogeneous High-performance Reconfigurable Computing
The First International Workshop on Heterogeneous High-performance Reconfigurable Computing (H2RC'15) has issued its Call for Submissions. Held in conjunction with...
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Danish Meteorological to Install First Cray in Iceland
Today Cray announced that the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) has purchased a Cray XC supercomputer and a Cray Sonexion 2000 storage system. Through an arrangement...
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Training the Next Generation of Code Developers for HPC – Part 2
This is the second article in a two-part series about the challenges facing the HPC community in training people to write code and develop algorithms for current...
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Rambus Collaborates with Intel on R+ DDR4 Server Memory
After a long absence, Rambus is back in the news with their announcement of the RB26 DDR4 server memory chipset. Developed in cooperation with Intel, the RB26 is...
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ZFS Powers Spectra Verde DPE for 9 Cents per Gigabyte
Today Spectra Logic announced Spectra Verde DPE, a new Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR)-based NAS disk platform designed to provide high-density bulk storage for...
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Climate Researchers Collaborate with HPC
"The complexity and scale of weather and climate simulation have led weather centers and research groups to turn to their own community, either through direct collaboration...
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