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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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Embry-Riddle University Deploys Cray CS Supercomputer for Aerospace
Today Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University announced it has deployed a Cray CS400 supercomputer. The four-cabinet system will power collaborative applied research...
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Illinois Supercomputers Tag Team for Big Bang Simulation
Researchers are tapping Argonne and NCSA supercomputers to tackle the unprecedented amounts of data involved with simulating the Big Bang. "Researchers performed...
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A Simpler Path to Reliable, Productive HPC
HPC is becoming a competitive requirement as high performance data analysis (HPDA) joins multi-physics simulation as table stakes for successful innovation across...
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Oak Ridge Turns to Deep Learning for Big Data Problems
The Advances in Machine Learning to Improve Scientific Discovery at Exascale and Beyond (ASCEND) project aims to use deep learning to assist researchers in making...
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Video: Security in HPC Environments
"Modern HPC systems do some things very similar to ordinary IT computing, but they also have some significant differences. Two key security challenges are the notions...
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NSF Announces $17.7 Million Funding for Data Science Projects
Today the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced $17.7 million in funding for 12 Transdisciplinary Research in Principles of Data Science (TRIPODS) projects...
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SC17 Exhibition Setting Records
Even though SC17 is still more than two months away, this year’s Exhibition is already setting records. We are excited to report that we have already smashed the...
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Rigetti Computing helps Foster Quantum Machine Learning Startup Ecosystem
While practical Quantum Computing remains somewhere in the future, it is already starting to spark new Startup opportunities. "Quantum machine learning will power...
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OSC Supercomputers Power STEM Learning Across the Globe
The Ohio Supercomputer Center is help teachers like Sultana Nahar, Ph.D. conduct computational workshops as part of her lecture courses. Through physics and STEM...
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NCSA Industry Conference to Showcase Supercomputing Partnerships
Registration is now open for the 2017 NCSA Industry Conference. The event takes place Oct. 11-12 on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus. "This...
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Intel FPGAs Accelerate Microsoft’s Project Brainwave
Today, Intel announced that its AI technology is being used by Microsoft to power their new accelerated deep learning platform, called Project Brainwave. "Project...
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ANSYS 18.2 Enhances Simulation Speed and Accuracy
Today ANSYS 18.2 was released. This latest release brings increased levels of accuracy, speed and ease-of-use – spurring more engineers to use simulation across...
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Dell EMC Joins Atos Global Reseller Alliance
Today Atos in Europe announced a new reseller agreement in which Dell EMC will resell Atos’ high-end 8 to 16 sockets x86 Bullion servers. "Over the last few years...
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SC17 Invited Talk Preview: High Performance Machine Learning
Over at the SC17 Blog, Brian Ban begins his series of SC17 Session Previews with a look at a talk on High Performance Big Data. "Deep learning, using GPU clusters...
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Gabriel Broner on Why Cloud is the Next Disruption in HPC
"Like the previous disruptions of clusters vs. monolithic systems or Linux vs. proprietary operating systems, cloud changes the status quo, takes us out of ourGabriel...
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Unlike Oil and Water, Legacy and Cloud Mix Well
Despite the cloud hype, legacy HPC apps are alive and well. While it may seem like they can’t mix, the process of bursting these applications to the cloud is bringing...
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Video: Baidu Releases Fast Allreduce Library for Deep Learning
In this video, from Andrew Gibiansky from Baidu describes baidu-allreduce, a newly released C library that enables faster training of neural network models across...
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Fayetteville State University Leverages Bright Cluster Manager for AI Research
Fayetteville State University is using Bright Cluster Manager for use in ground-breaking Artificial Intelligence research. Bright Cluster Manager enables the University...
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NeSI in New Zealand Installs Pair of Cray Supercomputers
The New Zealand Science Infrastructure (NeSI) is commissioning a new HPC system with the main computation and storage infrastructure. "The new systems, provideNeSI...
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