Computing Sciences in the News
December 2010
insideHPC:
Berkeley Lab Develops Flexible Reservation Algorithm for Network Provisioning
(12.20.10)
insideHPC:
Award-Winning Berkeley Lab Paper Looks at Cloud for Scientific Computing
(12.11.10)
Supercomputingonline:
Berkeley Lab Team Wins Best Paper at CloudCom
(12.09.10)
BusinessWire:
The University of Colorado at Boulder Sponsored by the HPC Advisory Council Receives SC'10 Student Cluster Competition Fan Favorite Award
(12.06.10)
Scicasts:
America's Fastest Computer to Advance Research in Cleaner,
Renewable Energy Technologies
(12.03.10)
IBTimes UK: DOE Supercomputers Pursue Breakthroughs in Clean Energy Breakthroughs
(12.02.10)
R&D: Berkeley Lab scientists receive time on nation's fastest computer for energy research
(12.01.10)
TMC News: Berkeley Lab Scientists Receive Time on Nation's Fastest Computer to Advance Research in Cleaner, Renewable Energy Technologies
(12.01.10)
Science Daily: Could 135,000 Laptops Help Solve the Energy Challenge?
(12.01.10)
November 2010
Computerworld: A List of Cloud Solutions Offered by Federal Agencies (11.30.10)Nanowerk: Massive time allocation on nation's fastest computer to advance research in cleaner, renewable energy technologies (11.30.10)
The Register: The A to B of building supercomputers (11.29.10)
ISGTW: Feature - SuperComputing 2010 comes to a close (11.24.10)
Nanotechnology Now: Blood Simulation on Jaguar Takes Gordon Bell Prize (11.23.10)
Physorg.com: New Globus Online service to use the grid for high-performance file transfer (11.22.10)
CNN.com: Supercomputing's new world order (11.22.10)
The Register: Supercomputers take efficiency up another notch (11.22.10)
HPC Source: Sensing the Future of Greener Data Centers (11.22.10)
Eureka Alert: Georgia Tech-led team wins Gordon Bell Prize for supercomputing (11.22.10)
HPC In The Cloud: SC10 Video Short: Kathy Yelick on Berkeley Lab and NERSC Projects (11.19.10)
IBM Case Study: NERSC creates an ultra-efficient supercomputer (11.19.10)
AZonanotechnology: SC10 Conference Honors Global High Performance Computing Community (11.19.10)
Dr. Dobbs Journal: Top 500 Supercomputers (11.19.10)
SmartPlanet: NERSC's Hopper supercomputer breaks petaflop barrier; better research on tap (11.18.10)
PC World: Supercomputing Top500 Brews Discontent (11.18.10)
The Financial Express: China far ahead of India in supercomputing (11.18.10)
xinhuanet.com: Chinese supercomputer ranked world's fastest by TOP500 (11.17.10)
Times of India: World's 10 fastest supercomputers (11.17.10)
ComputerWeekly.com: China takes Supercomputer500 no.1 spot (11.17.10)
GeekWithLaptop: China officially has fastest computer—is the US slipping? (11.17.10)
CSR-Asia: Chinese supercomputer ranked fastest (11.17.10)
R&D Magazine: NERSC supercomputing center breaks the petaflops barrier (11.16.10)
PhysOrg.com: NERSC supercomputing center breaks the petaflops barrier (11.16.10)
Manichi Daily News: China tops world fastest supercomputer list (11.16.10)
ACM: 2010 Recipients Hail from Leading International Universities and Industries (11.16.10)
Techweek.org: Chinese System Topped the List of Top 500 Supercomputers in the World (11.16.10)
Science Blog: NERSC supercomputing center breaks the petaflops barrier (11.16.10)
CRIEnglish.com: Chinese Supercomputer Ranked World's Fastest (11.17.10)
Wall Street Journal: Supercomputers Fuel Competition (11.15.10)
HPC Wire: Virident Systems Announces 800 GB tachIOn SSD (11.15.10)
HPC Wire: One of World's Fastest Networks Goes Live in New Orleans (11.15.10)
MarketWatch: First Ever Multi-Network, Multi-Vendor 100GigE Wide Area Network Demo To Take Place at SC10 (11.15.10)
Xinhua: Highlights of Top10 supercomputers (11.15.10)
People's Daily Online: Chinese supercomputer ranked fastest (11.15.10)
HPC Wire: GPGPUs, China Take the Lead in TOP500 (11.15.10)
NewsFactor.com: China's Tianhe-1A Is World's Top Supercomputer (11.15.10)
Information Week: China Steals Supercomputer Crown From U.S. (11.15.10)
NewsFactor.com: China's Tianhe-1A Is World's Top Supercomputer (11.15.10)
HPCWire: China Grabs Supercomputing Leadership Spot in Latest Ranking of World's TOP500 Supercomputers (11.15.10)
Business Wire: One of World's Fastest Networks Goes Live in New Orleans; Media invited to register, visit network operations center at SC10 (11.15.10)
PR NewsWire: First Ever Multi-Network, Multi-Vendor 100GigE Wide Area Network Demo To Take Place at SC10 (11.15.10)
MarketWatch: Ciena Puts High Performance Networking into Action at SC10 (11.15.10)
PC Magazine: China Officially Overtakes U.S. in Supercomputer Performance (11.14.10)
Data Center Knowledge: Top 500: Chinese Supercomputer Reigns (11.14.10)
Enterprise Networking Planet: Internet2 Accelerates to 100 Gigabit (11.12.10)
HPC Wire: What to Look for at SC10 (11.11.10)
Top500: China Grabs Supercomputing Leadership Spot in Latest Ranking of World's Top 500 Supercomputers (11.11.10)
The Register: Supercomputing: From idea to reality - see the webcast (11.12.10)
HPC Wire: What to Look for at SC10 (11.11.10)
HPC Source: Dirac Testbed Reveals How Applications are Written (11.06.10)
HPC In the Cloud: Top HPC Cloud Luminaries Gather in Germany (11.02.10)
Enhanced Online News: HPC Advisory Council Reaches Publication of over 50 Best Practices and Guidelines for a Wide-Variety of HPC and Cloud Applications (11.01.10)
October 2010
Discover Magazine: China Unveils the Fastest Supercomputer in the World. Should We Panic? (10.29.10)Bulletinblips: The Chinese, Second Faster Supercomputer Of The World (10.29.10)
Good Morning Silicon Valley: Quoted: Ho-hum about 2.5 petaflops (10.28.10)
International Business Times: China Makes World's Fastest Supercomputer (10.28.10)
Wall Street Journal: Chinese Supercomputer Likely to Prompt Unease in U.S. (10.28.10)
Nature News: Alternative yardstick to measure the universe (10.23.10)
HPC Wire: For Proprietary HPC, Hope Springs Eternal (10.14.10)
ISGTW: Image of the week - A better supernova model (10.13.10)
Supercomputing Online: ALICE provides looking glass to birth of cosmos (10.13.10)
VizWorld: Princeton and Berkeley Lab Scientists Watch Stars Explode in 3D (10.12.10)
Newsline: ALICE provides looking glass to birth of cosmos (10.08.10)
Information Week Government: Berkeley Lab Taps Goggle, Tests Amazon Coud Services (10.07.10)
The Inquirer: IEEE wants to reduce Ethernet energy use (10.06.10)
Wall Street Journal: One Goal: 10 Quadrillion Calculations (10.06.10)
KansasCity.com: IEEE Enables Reduction in Network Energy Footprint with IEEE 802.3az Standard (10.05.10)
Lightwave: IEEE ratifies new 802.3az standard to reduce network energy footprint (10.05.10)
BusinessWire: IEEE Enables Reduction in Network Energy Footprint with IEEE 802.3az Standard (10.05.10)
The Oaklahoma Daily: Conference showcases computer advances (10.05.10)
IEEE Standards Association: IEEE Enables Reduction in Network Energy Footprint with the New IEEE 802.3az Standard (10.05.10)
Dr. Dobbs Journal: 2010 IEEE Computer Society Sidney Fernbach Award (10.04.10)
September 2010
IEEE: James Demmel Receives 2010 Sidney Fernbach Award (9.30.10)PR Web: University of California, Berkeley Professor James Demmel Receives 2010 IEEE Computer Society Sidney Fernbach Award (9.30.10)
Time.com: The Supernova's Secrets Cracked at Last? (9.24.10)
Voice of America: Scientists Warn Severe Weather to Increase in Near Future (9.23.10)
Scientific Computing: Envisioning Supernovae Explosions in Three Dimensions (9.20.10)
New Scientist: New pi record exploits Yahoo's computers (9.17.10)
Astronomy Magazine: 3-D computer simulations help envision supernovae explosions (9.16.10)
Science Centric: 3-D computer simulations help envision supernovae explosions (9.16.10)
Physorg.com: 3-D Computer Simulations Help Envision Supernovae Explosions (9.16.10)
Space Daily: 3-D Computer Simulations Help Envision Supernovae Explosions (9.16.10)
Science Daily: 3-D Computer Simulations Help Envision Supernovae Explosions (9.16.10)
Supercomputing Online: Berkeley, Princeton Scientists Watch Stars Explode (9.16.10)
Princeton University: 3-D computer simulations help envision supernovae explosions (9.16.10)
Scientific Computing: Horst Simon Named Deputy Director for Berkeley Lab (9.16.10)
Bizjournals: Lawrence Berkeley Lab seeks second campus (9.16.10)
Berkeleyside: Lawrence Berkeley Lab seeks second campus (9.16.10)
HPCWire: Horst Simon Named Deputy Director for Berkeley Lab (9.13.10)
San Francisco Business Times: Berkeley Lab taps deputy director (9.13.10)
HPCWire: Say Hello to the New ADIOS (9.12.10)
August 2010
PhysOrg.com: Listening to Earth breathe through 500 towers (8.20.10)FirstScience News: Listening to Earth breathe through 500 towers (8.20.10)
Eureka Alert: Listening to Earth breathe through 500 towers (8.19.10)
ISGTW: Relativistic reference frames speed simulations (8.18.10)
benzinga: HPC Advisory Council Forms Worldwide Centers of Excellence (8.17.10)
HPC Source: Big Picture Storage Approach (8.15.10)
Nanotechnology Now: Dancing in the dark: how proteins and salts interact (8.13.10)
R&D: Shedding new light on protein-salt interactions (8.11.10)
New York Times: Web Photos That Reveal Secrets, Like Where You Live (8.11.10)
Scientific Computing: Energy-efficient HPC is Heating Up (8.05.10)
Internet Evolution: HPC Clouds Gather Over Academia—& Beyond (8.03.10)
July 2010
FirstScience News: California is the primary US stop for LHC's ALICE data
(7.30.10)
Scientific Computing: California is the primary US stop for LHC's ALICE data
(7.30.10)
Physorg.com: California is the primary US stop for LHC's ALICE data
(7.30.10)
Chem Info: California is the primary US stop for LHC's ALICE data
(7.30.10)
Eureka Alert: California is the primary US stop for LHC's ALICE data
(7.30.10)
insideHPC: Q&A with John Shalf, chair of the Disruptive Technology showcase at SC10
(7.30.10)
PhysOrg.com: Supercomputers take science by storm
(7.29.10)
Science Magazine: Quantum Mechanics Reveals New Details of Deep Earth
(7.22.10)
The Atlantic: How Tech-Savvy Thieves Could 'Cybercase' Your House
(7.22.10)
FARS News Agency: Flower Power Makes Tropics Cooler, Wetter
(7.20.10)
InfoWorld: Amazon.com's big move into high-end computing
(7.16.10)
CIO Today: Amazon Web Services Offers Supercomputer Scaling
(7.14.10)
HPC Wire: Amazon Climbs Into the HPC Arena
(7.14.10)
Tech World: Amazon launches cluster computing for high performance apps
(7.14.10)
Supercomputing Online: Berkeley Lab Contributes Expertise to New Amazon Web Services Offering (7.13.10)
HPC In the Cloud: Amazon Adds HPC Capability to EC2 (7.13.10)
NewsFuzion.com: Amazon Web Services Introduces Cluster Compute Instances(7.13.10)
PCWorld: Amazon Introduces Cluster Computing for HPC Apps
(7.13.10)
CNET: Amazon opens supercomputing service
(7.13.10)
eWeek.com: Amazon Web Services Delivers High Performance Computing Solution
(7.13.10)
ComputerWorld: Amazon Introduces Cluster Computing for High-Performance Apps (7.13.10)
Financial Post: Amazon Web Services Introduces Cluster Compute Instances, an Amazon EC2 Instance Type Tailored for High Performance Computing (7.13.10)
HPC Wire: Berkeley Lab Contributes Expertise to New Amazon Web Services Offering (7.13.10)
DataCenterDynamics: Amazon launches HPC as a public cloud service (7.13.10)
HPC In the Cloud: Supernova Factory Employs EC2, Puts Cloud to the Test (7.09.10)
June 2010
HPCWire: Berkeley Lab Announces New International Center for Computational Science (6.29.10)
HPCWire: NERSC and HDF Group Optimize HDF5 Library to Improve I/O Performance (6.28.10)
HPCWire: GPU Computing II: Where the Truth Lies(6.24.10)
insideHPC: Q & A - John Shalf talks parallel programming languages (6.24.10)
ISGTW: Q & A - John Shalf talks parallel programming languages (6.23.10)
HPC In the Cloud: Uncovering Results in the Magellan Testbed (6.22.10)
HPC Wire: Berkeley Lab Receives $4M for Energy-Related Research (6.21.10)
HPC Wire: SciDAC Astrophysics Code Scales to Over 200K Processors (6.21.10)
ReadWriteCloud: U.S. Department of Energy Asks, Is Cloud Computing Fast Enough for Science? (6.19.10)
GCN.com: Is cloud computing fast enough for science? (6.18.10)
Argonne National Laboratory: Argonne technology enables high-speed data transfer (6.17.10)
Federal Computer Week: Magellan explores the cloud as a research tool (6.17.10)
R&D Magazine: Flower power makes tropics cooler, wetter (6.17.10)
Data Knowledge Center: Data Center Industry Links for June 14 (6.14.10)
Naonotechnology Now: How a Summer Internship—or a Weekend Lecture—Can Change a Life (6.14.10)
Science Centric: Data acquisition and coordination key to human microbiome project (6.10.10)
InsideHPC: Pioneer Grace Hopper honored by NERSC (6.10.10)
Modeling the World: Interview with Horst Simon (6.8.10)
Pueblo en linea: Supercomputadora china, segunda más veloz del mundo (6.3.10)
Data Center Knowledge: ISC 10: A Closer Look at a Blue Waters Node (6.3.10)
Computer World: China seeks to unseat the West in supercomputing (6.2.10)
TMCnews: i2basque Selects Infinera Networking (6.2.10)
eWeek: China Displays Supercomputing Prowess with World's Fastest Supercomputer(6.1.10)
BusinessWire: HPC Advisory Council Showcases Multivendor 120Gb/s Network Demonstration at ISC'10 (6.1.10)
Enter the Grid: It takes three to tango in exascale computing: memory, photonic interconnects and embedded processors(6.01.10)
Wall Street Journal: Intel Plans Supercomputer Chips (6.1.10)
May 2010
MarketWatch: Intel Unveils New Product Plans for High-Performance Computing (5.31.10)
MercuryNews.com: Cassidy: Silicon Valley spirit shoots for the moon in Google contest (5.29.10)
Supercomputing Online: Simulations Reveal That Earth's Silica Is Predominantly Superficial (5.24.10)
VizWorld.com: Extreme Scaling of Production Visualization Software on Diverse Architectures (5.24.10)
ISGTW: Magellan explores scientific clouds—scientifically (5.19.10)
HPC Wire: Victor Markowitz Appointed JGI CIO and Associate Director (5.18.10)
GenomeWeb Daily News: JGI Adds CIO Position to BDMTC Responsibilities for Victor Markowitz (5.18.10)
HPC Wire: Berkeley Lab Scientists Build Software Framework for ATLAS Collaboration (5.18.10)
Supercomputing Online: Berkeley Lab Scientists Build Software Framework for ATLAS Collaboration (5.17.10)
Supercomputing Online: Victor Markowitz appointed JGI CIO, Associate Director (5.17.10)
Scientific Computing: Quantum Mechanics Reveals New Details of Deep Earth (5.13.10)
HPC Wire: Quantum mechanics reveals details of deep earth (5.12.10)
Nanotechnology Now: Quantum mechanics reveals details of deep earth (5.12.10)
NZZ Online: Auf dem Weg zum emissionsfreien Rechenzentrum (5.12.10)
redestelecom.es: ESNET SELECCIONA EL DTN DE INFINERA (5.10.10)
R&D: Quantum mechanics reveals details of deep earth (5.11.10)
HPC Wire: Accurate Cloud Modeling Key to New Global Climate Models (5.11.10)
Article Ant: Quantum Mechanics Reveals New Details Of Deep Earth (5.10.10)
Science Daily: Quantum Mechanics Reveals New Details of Deep Earth (5.10.10)
Network World: ESnet selecciona el DTN de Infinera para desarrollar OVPN (5.07.10)
April 2010
FierceTelecom: Infinera helps ESnet establish optical VPNs (4.30.10)
istockAnalyst.com: ESnet selects Infinera DTN for network testbed (4.29.10)
Coverage Network Digest: ESnet Builds GMPLS Optical VPNs with Infinera (4.28.10)
SOA World Magazine: ESnet Selects Infinera for Advanced Network Testbed (4.28.10)
HPC Wire: ESnet Reaches First Milestone in ANI Deployment with Infinera DWDM Installation (4.26.10)
MarketWatch: ESnet Selects Infinera for Advanced Network Testbed (4.26.10)
HPC Wire: JGI, NERSC Partner for Genomic High-Performance Computing (4.20.10)
GenomeWeb Daily News: JGI Consolidates High-Performance Computing Operations into NERSC (4.20.10)
Scientific Computing: Shedding Light on the Nature of Antimatter (4.12.10)
Viz World.com: The Remote Data Analysis & Visualization Center(4.12.10)
Genome Daily News: LBNL establishes next-generation data analysis center(4.12.10)
CNN Money: Cray XT5m Supercomputer Order Reunites Cray With the National Center for Atmospheric Research (4.07.10)
The Register: US weather meisters buy mini Cray (4.07.10)
Scientific Computing: Confronting the Data Tsunami (4.07.10)
HPC Wire: NERSC Helps Shed Light on the Nature of Antimatter (4.01.10)
March 2010
HPC Wire: NERSC Helps Shed Light on the Nature of Antimatter (3.31.10)
HPC Wire: HPC Advisory Council Announces European HPC Workshop in Conjunction with ISC'10 (3.29.10)
Business Wire: Le HPC Advisory Council annonce un atelier HPC européen concurremment avec l'International Supercomputing Conference (3.29.10)
TFI News: Le HPC Advisory Council annonce un atelier HPC européen concurremment avec l'International Supercomputing Conference (3.29.10)
PR-Inside.com: HPC Advisory Council kündigt zusammen mit der International Supercomputing Conference einen europäischen HPC-Workshop an (3.29.10)
Netherlands Corporate News: HPC Adviesraad kondigt Europese HPC-workshop aan in samenwerking met de International Supercomputing Conference (3.29.10)
Wall Street Italia: L'HPC Advisory Council annuncia un seminario europeo dedicato al settore del calcolo ad alte pr (3.29.10)
Science News: FOR KIDS: The memory of a material (3.29.10)
Science Blog: Helium rain on Jupiter explains lack of neon in atmosphere (3.24.10)
Article Ant: Helium rain on Jupiter explains lack of neon (3.22.10)
UC Berkeley Press Release: Helium rain on Jupiter explains lack of neon in atmosphere (3.22.10)
HPC Wire: LBNL's ESnet Collaborates with Dutch SURFnet, Scandinavian NORDUnet (3.11.10)
February 2010
Science Daily: More Tropical Cyclones in Past Could Play Role in Warmer Future
(2.25.10)
Yale University: More Tropical Cyclones in Past Could Play Role in Warmer Future (2.24.10)
SYS-CON Media: Azure Cloud opens up to big time science (2.12.10)
Scientific Computing: Madly Mapping the Universe (2.09.10)
Cloud Computing Journal: Science Discovery: The Next Computing Landscape (2.08.10)
brahmand.com: Madly Mapping the Universe (2.08.10)
Data Knowledge Center: HPC Customers Get a Cloud Computing Option (2.05.10)
DISCOVER: Sounds of the Universe: Making Music From the Supernova Cassiopeia A (2.05.10)
Science Daily: Madly Mapping the Universe (2.04.10)
Science Blog: Madly Mapping the Universe (2.03.10)
Eureka Alert: Madly Mapping the Universe (2.03.10)
Science Daily: Reaching for the Stars to Create Music of the Universe (2.01.10)
Ethiopian Review: Key Scientific Challenges, Entry #1: Green Computing (2.01.10)
January 2010
Laboratory Equipment: Grateful Dead Performs Supernova Music(1.29.10)
R&D: Mismatched alloys are a good match for future development of thermoelectrics (1.28.10)
PC Watch: GPU Research at NERSC (1.28.10)
PhysOrg: Mismatched alloys are a good match for thermoelectics (1.27.10)
Science Daily: Converting Waste Heat Into Electricity? Mismatched Alloys Are a Good Match for Thermoelectrics (1.27.10)
Tonic: Mickey Hart's Music of the Universe Reveals the Sound of Supernova (1.26.10)
Nanowerk: Mismatched alloys are a good match for thermoelectics (1.26.10)
Netherlands Corporate News: HPC Adviesraad kondigt InfiniBand-workshop in Zwitserland aan (1.19.10)
Vereinigte Wirtschaftsdienste: Quintiles und Movetis geben strategische Allianz zur Markteinführung eines
gastrointestinalen Produkts bekannt (1.19.10)
EntornoInteligente: HPC Advisory Council anuncia seminario sobre InfiniBand en Suiza (1.19.10)
TFI: Bourse en ligne, actualité des cours et bourse en ligne (1.19.10)
Business Wire: HPC Advisory Council Announces Switzerland InfiniBand Workshop (1.19.10)
AtoZ Nanotechnology: Berkeley Lab Scientists Win Four DOE Early Career Research Grants from Nanotechnology to Energy (1.15.10)
Government Computer News: 10 Technologies to Watch in 2010: 100G networking on the horizon (1.14.10)
ISGTW: Announcement - Winter 2010 Joint Techs meeting, Salt Lake, 31 Jan - 4 Feb (1.13.10)
ISGTW: Transferring FTP to the cloud: Off of desktop, out of mind (1.13.10)
ISGTW: Winter 2010 Joint Techs meeting, Salt Lake, 31 Jan - 4 Feb (1.13.10)
Media Newswire: Argonne streaming visualization sends images across the world (1.11.10)
Chemical Online: Molecular Worm Algorithm Navigates Inside Chemical Labyrinth (1.07.10)
Scientific Computing: Molecular Worm Algorithm Navigates Inside Chemical Labyrinth (1.07.10)
Softpedia.com: Algorithm Deciphers Chemical Labyrinths (1.06.10)
Science Daily: Worm's Eye View: Molecular Worm Algorithm Navigates Inside Chemical Labyrinth (1.05.10)
Eureka Alert: Worm's Eye View (1.05.10)
Physorg.com: Argonne Streaming Visualization Sends Images Across the World (w/ Video) (1.04.10)
Argonne National Laboratory: Argonne Streaming Visualization Sends Images Across the World (1.04.10)
Techno-Labs: Snagging supernova spectra (1.02.10)
SpectroscopyNOW.com: Snagging supernova spectra (1.01.10)
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