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Linux Foundation Announces OpenHPC Collaborative Project
From insideHPC

Linux Foundation Announces OpenHPC Collaborative Project

Today the Linux Foundation announced plans to form the OpenHPC Collaborative Project. This project will provide a new, open source framework to support the world's...

SailFish Exchange for Data Curation
From The Eponymous Pickle

SailFish Exchange for Data Curation

A clever idea.  A Pinterest for data.  Approach to data democratization.   From Booz Allen Hamilton  .Sailfish™ ExchangeSocially Charged Data CurationSailfish Exchange...

Open call for social impact business ideas and start-ups in Italy
From Putting People First

Open call for social impact business ideas and start-ups in Italy

Rinascimenti Sociali [“Social Renaissances”], the first accelerator of social knowledge and entrepreneurship in Italy, launches Foundamenta, a call exclusivelyOpen...

Open call for social impact business ideas and start-ups in Italy
From Putting People First

Open call for social impact business ideas and start-ups in Italy

Rinascimenti Sociali [“Social Renaissances”], the first accelerator of social knowledge and entrepreneurship in Italy, launches Foundamenta, a call exclusivelyOpen...

Interview with John Thackara: how to thrive in the next economy
From Putting People First

Interview with John Thackara: how to thrive in the next economy

On the occasion of the U.S. launch of his new book, How to Thrive in the Next Economy: Designing Tomorrow’s World Today, John Thackara sat down with Core77’s Allan...

Interview with John Thackara: how to thrive in the next economy
From Putting People First

Interview with John Thackara: how to thrive in the next economy

On the occasion of the U.S. launch of his new book, How to Thrive in the Next Economy: Designing Tomorrow’s World Today, John Thackara sat down with Core77’s Allan...

Innovation and Risk in Private Label
From The Eponymous Pickle

Innovation and Risk in Private Label

My own observation is that there has been considerable innovation in private label.   It does make sense that it would be first used for the low hanging fruit of...

Switching Technology Stacks
From The Eponymous Pickle

Switching Technology Stacks

In DSC: This often occurs in the modern analysis world, we have to switch among data and methodology stacks, while balancing cognitive load.   Which is why automating...

Who is Big in Computing – Part 1?
From Blog@Ubiquity

Who is Big in Computing – Part 1?

We should never forget the roots of our profession, and humble programmers should remember who made modern computing. The post Who is Big in Computing – Part 1?...

Amber Molecular Dynamics Optimization on Intel Xeon Phi
From insideHPC

Amber Molecular Dynamics Optimization on Intel Xeon Phi

"The Amber Molecular Dynamics software is a well known and understood application for the structural dynamics of large biological molecules. With modern computer...

Slidecast: Mellanox Announces Switch IB2 on the Road to Exascale
From insideHPC

Slidecast: Mellanox Announces Switch IB2 on the Road to Exascale

"Today Mellanox announced Switch-IB 2, the new generation of its InfiniBand switch optimized for High-Performance Computing, Web 2.0, database and cloud data centers...

The Hyper-Converged Approach to Storage – a Natural Next Step
From insideHPC

The Hyper-Converged Approach to Storage – a Natural Next Step

In this week's Industry Perspectives, Laura Shepard, Sr. Director Vertical and Product Marketing at DDN looks at trends in commodity hardware, specifically a converged...

Dell Equips PowerEdge Servers with Bright Cluster Manager for HPC Environments
From insideHPC

Dell Equips PowerEdge Servers with Bright Cluster Manager for HPC Environments

Today Bright Computing announced that the latest version of its Bright Cluster Manager software is now integrated with Dell's 13th generation PowerEdge server portfolio...

From Computational Complexity

A Primer on Graph Isomorphism

I spent 14 years on the faculty at the University of Chicago. I know László Babai well, we collaborated on some of my best known work. I also know Ryerson 251...

Imagine Cup Earth–Online Competition
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Imagine Cup Earth–Online Competition

Back in my Microsoft days I was actively promoting the Imagine Cup competitions. Realistically, while a couple of high school teams did well, its really hard for...

Betting Ticket Forged Based on Selfie
From Schneier on Security

Betting Ticket Forged Based on Selfie

This is an interesting story. Someone posts a photograph of herself holding a winning horse-race betting ticket, and someone else uses the data from the photograph...

NICE to Demo Technical Computing Apps in the Cloud at SC15
From insideHPC

NICE to Demo Technical Computing Apps in the Cloud at SC15

Today Italy's NICE Software announced plans to demonstrate their latest remote visualization technologies at SC15 in Austin. Enhanced products include new release...

Mobile Edition: Print ‘n Fly Guide to SC15 in Austin
From insideHPC

Mobile Edition: Print ‘n Fly Guide to SC15 in Austin

Welcome to the Mobile Edition of Print ‘n Fly Guide to Austin. "Formatted for your smartphone the Guide is custom tailored for your journey to SC15 — the world’s...

GE Seeks Internet of Things Dominance
From The Eponymous Pickle

GE Seeks Internet of Things Dominance

In Forbes: GE To Take On IBM In The Race For IOT Dominance  by Theo Priestley , General Electric announced yesterday the creation of a new unit with the aim to...

BlockChains in Azure
From The Eponymous Pickle

BlockChains in Azure

My interest here is in smart contracts.  Blockchains as a service, now by Microsoft in Azure. Can these self adapt to their regulatory environment?   Warn us when...
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