Posts tagged Scientific
Special report highlights ‘greatest hits’ of scientific supercomputing
0In 2007, a report that concluded that the Earth was warming, probably as a result of human activities, resulted in a share of the Nobel Peace Prize. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s next assessment, expected in 2014, once again includes simulation data generated from DOE leadership supercomputers, this time at Oak Ridge and Argonne national laboratories. Next a team of researchers, led by Warren Washington of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, will use a 2011 allocation of 110 million processor hours at Argonne and Oak Ridge to begin the generation of the largest treasure trove of climate data to date.
New Book Series Showcases Scientific Breakthroughs Enabled with Parallel Computing
1Morgan Kaufmann in collaboration with NVIDIA today announced the availability of the first volume in a new book series that will showcase how advanced parallel computing techniques are revolutionizing scientific research.
University of Texas Computing Classroom Brings Advanced Scientific Computation and Statistics to Students
0A new computing classroom and learning laboratory in The University of Texas at Austin’s Flawn Academic Center is changing the way that statistics and scientific computing are taught at the university.
