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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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HPC Matters to Aerospace
In this video from the SC15 HPC Matters series, NASA Aerospace Engineer Dr. Shishir Pandya describes how high performance computing helps advance airplane and rocket...
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Job of the Week: HPC Software Engineer at Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University is seeking an HPC Software Engineer in our Job of the Week. The post Job of the Week: HPC Software Engineer at Johns Hopkins University...
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Advania in Iceland Tests HPC Cloud Bursting with Docker using the Ubercloud
An Iceland-based "HPC in the Cloud" company called Advania has published an interesting case study with The Ubercloud, and online community and marketplace where...
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ArcticBlue Nearline Storage from Spectra Logic Increases Data Shelf Life
Today Spectra Logic launched ArcticBlue, a new nearline disk storage system that delivers "Twice the Shelf Life of Competing Disk Platforms at Half the Cost." ArcticBlue...
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Bull Atos Installs Fastest Supercomputer in Croatia
Bull Atos has installed the fastest supercomputer in Croatia at the University in Rijeka. With an expected debut on the TOP500 in November, the 239 Teraflop BURA...
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Video: Network Architecture Trends
Pavan Balaji from Argonne presented this talk at the Argonne Training Program on Extreme-Scale Computing. "More cores will drive the network, with more sharingVideo...
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IDC Breakfast Briefing Returns to SC15
IDC will host a complimentary Analyst Briefing and Breakfast at SC15. The popular annual event is great way to catch up with the latest trends in the HPC Market...
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Video: Beowulf Boot Camp Trains the Next Generation of HPC Experts
"This exciting course offers students and teachers a unique opportunity to work with advanced research technology not usually available in a typical classroom setting...
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GCS Sponsors TUM Team for SC15 Student Cluster Challenge
The Gauss Centre for Supercomputing is sponsoring a team from the Technische Universität München for the SC15 Student Cluster Competition at SC15. The post GCS...
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Register for SC15 by Oct 15 and Save Big
Are you planning on attending SC15 in Austin? Discounted "Early Bird" Advance registration for the SC15 conference ends Thursday, Oct. 15. After that, fees go up...
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Comedian Jason Alexander to Perform at Mellanox Event at SC15
Today Mellanox announced the speaker lineup for their annual Dinner Event at SC15 will include comedian Jason Alexander from Seinfeld. Special guests include: Marek...
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James Reinders Presents: Vectorization (SIMD) and Scaling (TBB and OpenMP)
James Reinders from Intel presented this talk at the Argonne Training Program on Extreme-Scale Computing. "We need to embrace explicit vectorization in our programming...
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Heterogeneous On-Demand Storage for HPC Workflows in the Cloud
Leo Reiter from Nimbix presented this talk at the HPC User Forum. "Unlike conventional commodity cloud platforms, JARVICE and the Nimbix Cloud are purpose built...
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OpenSFS to Sponsor Two Lustre BoFs at SC15
OpenSFS is sponsoring two Lustre BoFs at SC15 in Austin. As a nonprofit organization, OpenSFS was founded in 2010 to advance Lustre development, ensuring it remains...
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Radio Free HPC Looks at Dell’s Acquisition of EMC
In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks Dell's pending acquisition of EMC. "Dell Inc. and EMC Corporation have signed a definitive agreement under whichRadio...
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Call for Benchmark Proposals: SC16 Student Cluster Competition
SC16 has issued a Call for Proposals for a new initiative that aims to integrate aspects of past technical papers into the Student Cluster Competition. The post...
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Video: Prologue O/S – Improving the Odds of Job Success
"When looking to buy a used car, you kick the tires, make sure the radio works, check underneath for leaks, etc. You should be just as careful when deciding which...
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HPC People on the Move: October Edition
I’ve been commissioned by insideHPC to get the scoop on who’s jumping ship and moving on up in high performance computing. Familiar names this week include Mary...
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Case Study: PBS Pro on a Large Scale Scientific GPU Cluster
Professor Taisuke Boku from the University of Tsukuba presented this talk at the PBS User Group. "We have been operating a large scale GPU cluster HA-PACS withCase...
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