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Parashar Receives 2023 HPDC Achievement Award
The ACM International Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing named Manish Parashar to receive the 2023 Achievement Award in High-Performance...
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Frontier Keeps Top Supercomputer Spot
The Frontier system at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory remained the world's top supercomputer on the 60th Top500 list.
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Intel Says UCIe to Outpace PCIe in Speed Race
Intel has disclosed more information about the Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express (UCIe) standard.
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Los Alamos Supercomputers Uncover Subtleties of the X Chromosome
A new model shows the X chromosome inactivation process, paving the way for drug treatments for gene-based disorders and diseases.
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ACM Chuck Thacker Breakthrough Award Goes to Innovator Who Transformed Web Applications
ACM has named Michael Franz at the University of California, Irvine, recipient of the Charles P. "Chuck" Thacker Breakthrough in Computing Award.
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12 European Companies, Research Labs Join Forces to Boost Industrial Quantum Computing Applications
The NExt ApplicationS of Quantum Computing project hopes to demonstrate practical use cases for the Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum devices that soon will be available...
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European Commission Invests €8 Billion in Supercomputing
The European Commission is boosting its commitment under the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking with a planned €8-billion ($9.4-billion) infusion into developing European...
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IBM Establishes First Quantum Education, Research Initiative for Historically Black Colleges, Universities
IBM announced its first IBM Quantum education and research initiative for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), led by Howard University and 12 other...
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How to Optimize Neural Networks on a Brain-Inspired Computer
A study found how "critical states" can be used to optimize artificial neural networks running on brain-inspired neuromorphic hardware.
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Harvard Professor Receives Prize for Contributions to Theoretical Computer Science
Harvard University professor Cynthia Dwork has been named to receive the 2020 Donald E. Knuth Prize for contributions to theoretical computer science.
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ACM Reports Best Practices for Virtual Conferences
A new report from ACM outlines best practices for replacing live science and technology conferences with virtual ones during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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PRACE Research Conducts Computer Simulations to Study Properties of Nanosized Particles
A doctoral dissertation at the University of Jyvaskyla in Finland demonstrated how computer models of nanosized particles predicted the atomic structure of a cluster...
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CM Among First to Pilot New 'Perlmutter' Supercomputer
Carnegie Mellon University's Zachary Ulissi will be among the first scientists to use the U.S. National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center's Perlmutter...
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UT Austin Researchers Use Supercomputing to Study Turning Animals Monogamous
University of Texas at Austin researchers used the Texas Advanced Computing Center's Wrangler supercomputer to examine gene activity across the genomes of 10 species...
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2018 ACM Fellows Honored for Pivotal Achievements that nderpin the Digital Age
ACM has named 56 members as 2018 ACM Fellows for achievements underpinning the technologies that define the digital age.
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Imaging the Earth's Interior With the Summit Supercomputer
Princeton University researchers used years' worth of global earthquake data to generate a three-dimensional simulation of the Earth's interior.
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niversity of Tokyo Team Performs Most Complex Earthquake Simulation to Date
Researchers have created a record-setting earthquake wave simulation.
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Exascale System for Earth Simulation Introduced
The Energy Exascale Earth System Model has been unveiled after four years of development.
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Purdue's NEW LIMITS Center to Advance Computer Chip Parts
Purdue University is using funding from the Semiconductor Research Corp. and the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology for its NEW LIMITS facility...
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.s. Leads but China Gains in Nsf 2018 S&e Indicators Report
The U.S. National Science Foundation's Science and Engineering Indicators 2018 report found the U.S. still leads in science and engineering worldwide, although...12