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Do You Believe in Science? Take the HPC Covid Safety Pledge
ISC 2022 was back in person, and the celebration was on. Frontier had been named the first exascale supercomputer on the Top500 list, and workshops, poster sessions, paper presentations, receptions, and booth meetings were ongoing, when the first reports of Covid-19 started to roll in over Twitter. By the time it was over, hundreds of HPC conference-goers had contracted the disease. Many were stranded in Germany; others flew home, unaware they were contagious.
90 Million Swings Later - Cracking the Secret of the Perfect Golf Swing
Golf is a notoriously difficult sport, despite how easy the guys on the PGA Tour make it look every weekend. But thanks to the power of big data and advanced analytics, amateurs have powerful new tools to emulate their swings and improve their handicaps along the way. The pursuit of the perfect golf swing is something that consumes countless hours for golf aficionados — beginners and seasoned veterans alike.
SC17 Video: How Supercomputing Helps Explain the Ocean's Role in Weather and Climate
DENVER, Oct. 19, 2017 — Using the power of today’s high performance computers, Earth scientists are working hand in hand with visualization experts to bring exquisitely detailed views of Earth’s oceans into sharper focus than ever before. A video just released by SC17 conference relates how scientists are zooming in on one of the highest-resolution computer simulations in the world to explore never-before-seen features of the global ocean eddies and circulation.
Intel FPGAs Power Acceleration-as-a-Service for Alibaba Cloud
Oct. 19, 2017 —Â Intel today announced that Intel field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are now powering the Acceleration-as-a-Service of Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group. The acceleration service, which can be launched from the Alibaba Cloud website, enables customers to develop and deploy accelerator solutions in the cloud for Artificial Intelligence inference, video streaming analytics, database acceleration and other fields where intense computing is required.
Dassault Systèmes’ Living Heart Project Reaches Next Milestones
HOLLYWOOD, Fla., Oct. 18, 2017 — Dassault Syst?¨mes (Paris:DSY) (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) today outlined, at the 3DEXPERIENCE Forum North America, multiple milestones in its Living Heart Project aimed to drive the creation and use of simulated 3D personalized hearts in the treatment, diagnosis and prevention of heart diseases.
IBM Reports 2017 Third-Quarter Results
“In the third quarter we achieved double-digit growth in our strategic imperatives, extended our enterprise cloud leadership, and expanded our cognitive solutions business,” said Ginni Rometty, IBM chairman, president and chief executive officer.
Multiscale Coupled Urban Systems Project to Use Exascale Computing to Aid City Management
Oct. 18, 2017 — Walk around any city neighborhood and chances are it looks nothing like it did 20 years ago. Thanks to growing urbanization, cities globally are rapidly expanding and accounting for more of our world’s population, gross domestic product and greenhouse gases. Adapting a city to keep up with evolving needs is one of the greatest daily challenges that city planners, designers and managers face.
U.S. Industries to Benefit from Exascale Computing
Oct. 18, 2017 —Â Computer-aided design and engineering have come a long way since the first advanced CAD and CAE software programs appeared in the 1970s, and as manufacturing techniques, modeling and simulation have become increasingly complex over the years, computing power has had to keep up to meet the demand.
Student Cluster Competition Coverage New Home
Hello computer sports fans! This is the first of many (many!) articles covering the world-wide phenomenon of Student Cluster Competitions. Finally, the Student Cluster Competition coverage has come to its natural home: HPCwire. I’m Dan Olds and I’ve been in the IT industry since the mid-1990s and have been an IT industry analyst since 2001. I’ve been a huge fan of Student Cluster Competitions since I first started covering them at SC10 in New Orleans.
Ligo and Virgo Detect Gravitational Waves from Colliding Neutron Stars
Oct. 17, 2017 — For the first time, scientists have directly detected gravitational waves—ripples in space and time—in addition to light from the spectacular collision of two neutron stars. This marks the first time that a cosmic event has been viewed in both gravitational waves and light. The discovery was made using the U.S.-based Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO); the Europe-based Virgo detector; and some 70 ground- and space-based observatories.
Flexible Elastic Scaling with Stability and Without Compromise
This Server StorageIOŽ Industry Trends Perspective report looks at common issues, trends, and how to address different application server storage I/O challenges. In this report, we look at WekaIO Matrix�, an elastic, flexible, highly-scalable easy to use (and manage) software-defined (e.g. software-based) storage solution. This report applies to environments with multi-dimensional server, storage and I/O management challenges.
Where Security Meets High Performance Computing
As its power increases and its cost declines, High Performance Computing (HPC) is making an impact on the security field. The ability to use parallel processing to run at speeds of a teraflop or higher is now contributing to improved security in airports, online and elsewhere. At the same time, HPC itself creates a number of new security risks for organizations that employ it. This article looks at HPC’s impact on security.
2017 MacArthur Fellows Class Includes 2 Computer Scientists
Oct. 17, 2017 — The MacArthur Foundation recently announced its 2017 MacArthur Fellows – 24 individuals whose achievements show “exceptional creativity, promise for important future advances based on a track record of significant accomplishments, and potential for the fellowship to facilitate subsequent creative work.â€? The MacArthur Fellows program grants each recipient a no-strings attached stipend of $625,000 in order to support his or her own creative and professional ambitions.
JesὝs Labarta Recognized with ACM-IEEE CS Ken Kennedy Award
NEW YORK, Oct. 17, 2017 — The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and IEEE Computer Society (IEEE CS) have named Jesá??s Labarta of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) and Universitat Polit?¨cnica de Catalunya (UPC) as the recipient of the 2017 ACM-IEEE CS Ken Kennedy Award. Labarta is recognized for his seminal contributions to programming models and performance analysis tools for high performance computing.
Researchers Scale COSMO Climate Code to 4888 GPUs on Piz Daint
Effective global climate simulation, sorely needed to anticipate and cope with global warming, has long been computationally challenging. Two of the major obstacles are the needed resolution and prolonged time to compute. This month a group of researchers from ETH Zurich, MeteoSwiss, and the Swiss National Supercomputing Center (CSCS) report scaling popular COSMOS code to run on all 4888 GPUs of CSCS’s Piz Daint supercomputer and achieving ultra-high resolution.
In-Memory Computing Summit North America 2017 Announces Keynote Speakers
FOSTER CITY, Calif., Oct. 17, 2017 — GridGain Systems, provider of enterprise-grade in-memory computing solutions based on Apache Ignite, today announced the keynote speakers for the third annual In-Memory Computing Summit North America, taking place October 24-25, 2017, at the South San Francisco Conference Center.
ESnet’s Science DMZ Design Could Help Transfer, Protect Medical Research Data
Oct. 17, 2017 — Like other sciences, medical research is generating increasingly large datasets as doctors track health trends, the spread of diseases, genetic causes of illness and the like. Effectively using this data for efforts ranging from stopping the spread of deadly viruses to creating precision medicine treatments for individuals will be greatly accelerated by the secure sharing of the data, while also protecting individual privacy. In a paper published Friday, Oct.
UCSD Web-based Tool Tracking CA Wildfires Generates 1.5M Views
Tracking the wildfires raging in northern CA is an unpleasant but necessary part of guiding efforts to fight the fires and safely evacuate affected residents. One such tool – Firemap – is a web-based tool developed by UC San Diego to perform data-driven predictive modeling and real-time tracking of such fires. Firemap has attracted about 115,000 unique visitors and about 1.5 million views during the latest outbreak.
ISC High Performance 2018 Now Open for Submissions
Oct. 16, 2017 —Â ISC has announced that ISC High Performance is now open for tutorial and workshop proposal submissions. If you possess knowledge and skills in a particular field in high performance computing (HPC), and enjoy sharing them, the ISC 2018 Tutorials Committee looks forward to hearing from you. Along the same lines, the ISC 2018 Workshops Committee also calls on the HPC community members to send in their proposals for workshops.
XSEDE Announces Collaboration Opportunities for NSF “Track 1� Systems Proposals
URBANA, Ill., Oct. 13, 2017 — The Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE), the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded network of open and accessible cyberinfrastructure resources and autonomous Service Providers, announced today collaboration opportunities and engagement guidelines, that may be leveraged by institutions developing proposals for the NSF’s Towards a Leadership-Class Computing Facility (NSF17-558).
Exascale Imperative: New Movie from HPE Makes a Compelling Case
Why is pursuing exascale computing so important? In a new video – Hewlett Packard Enterprise: Eighteen Zeros – four HPE executives, a prominent national lab HPC researcher, and HPCwire managing editor Tiffany Trader explain in layman terms why and how exascale computing will drive the next big advances in scientific discovery and applied technologies such as precision medicine.
Internet2 Announces 2017 Inclusivity Initiative Scholarship Recipients
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2017 — Internet2 announced six recipients of the Inclusivity Initiative Scholarship ahead of its annual technical meeting, the Internet2 Technology Exchange, taking place next week in San Francisco from October 15-18.
Bulgaria Signs European Declaration on High-Performance Computing
Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society said: “I am very pleased to welcome Bulgaria in this bold European initiative. High-performance computing is pervasive in our daily lives: from personalised medicine to weather forecast, cybersecurity and to cars and planes simulation and design.
New Method to Detect Spin Current in Quantum Materials Unlocks Possibilities
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 13, 2017 – A new method that precisely measures the mysterious behavior and magnetic properties of electrons flowing across the surface of quantum materials could open a path to next-generation electronics. Found at the heart of electronic devices, silicon-based semiconductors rely on the controlled electrical current responsible for powering electronics. These semiconductors can only access the electrons’ charge for energy, but electrons do more than carry a charge.
International Team Reconstructs Nanoscale Virus Features from Correlations of Scattered X-rays
Oct. 13, 2017 — As part of an international research team, Jeff Donatelli, Peter Zwart and Kanupriya Pande of the Center for Advanced Mathematics for Energy Research Applications (CAMERA) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) contributed key algorithms which helped achieve a goal first proposed more than 40 years ago – using angular correlations of X-ray snapshots from non-crystalline molecules to determine the 3D structure of important biological objects.
SC17 Video Sheds Light on How Supercomputers Are Unraveling the Mystery of the Human Brain
Oct. 13, 2017 — AÂ video produced by the SC17 conference highlights how the massive European-based Human Brain Project (HBP), comprising a veritable orchestra of scientists, collaborates to deliver the most exquisitely detailed human brain models ever created. According to experts, detailed and accurate brain models are a game-changer for neuroscience and related research.
AnitaB.org Announces New Name and Logo
Oct. 5 — On October 4, 2017, the first day of the Grace Hopper Celebration, our organization announced that we would no longer call ourselves the Anita Borg Institute. Our new name — AnitaB.org — still honors our founder while reflecting our move away from a formal, bureaucratic attitude and toward a warmer, more personal feeling; the “.orgâ€? in our name acts as a reminder of our nonprofit mission. Our new, multifaceted logo conveys two of our core values: diversity and intersectionality.
IBM Advances Neuromorphic Computing for Deep Learning
Deep learning efforts today are run on standard computer hardware using convolutional neural networks. Indeed the approach has proven powerful by pioneers such as Google and Microsoft. In contrast neuromorphic computing, whose spiking neuron architecture more closely mimics human brain function, has generated less enthusiasm in the deep learning community. Now, work by IBM using its TrueNorth chip as a test case may bring deep learning to neuromorphic architectures.
NSF Awards TACC and University of Louisville $600,000 Grant for Data Science Education
Oct. 12, 2017 — Colleges and universities across the US are creating data science programs to train future professionals to manage the massive amounts of digital data created by a range of sources – from web traffic to digital cameras. This data analysis frequently requires large-scale cyberinfrastructure – advanced computing systems that can deal with terabytes or even petabytes of data. However, few programs teach students how to use such resources effectively.
Sandia Labs Researchers Identify Novel Behavior of Cool Flames
LIVERMORE, Calif., Oct. 12, 2017 — A “cool flameâ€? may sound contradictory, but it’s an important element of diesel combustion — one that, once properly understood, could enable better engine designs with higher efficiency and fewer emissions.
Child Care at SC17, Deadline is Now Oct. 20
I’ve been thinking about this child care thing – on a couple of different fronts. First, if you are working parent who would like to come to the conference but can’t because of lack of help taking care of your child, it’s a huge deal. But there’s a non-trivial ripple effect to this benefit because the HPC community as a whole is richer for the greater participation that might otherwise be lost. I’m also thinking about how to get the word out.
Google Compute Engine Announces Machine Types With Up to 96 vCPUs
Oct. 12, 2017 — Google has announced new machine types that have up to 96 vCPUs and 624 GB of memory—a 50% increase in compute resources per Google Compute Engine VM. These machine types run on Intel Xeon Scalable processors (codenamed Skylake), and offer the most vCPUs of any cloud provider on that chipset. Skylake in turn provides up to 20% faster compute performance, 82% faster HPC performance, and almost 2X the memory bandwidth compared with the previous generation Xeon.
Spectra Logic Launches LTO-8 Pre-Purchase Program
BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 11, 2017 — Spectra Logic today announced the launch of its fourth LTO tape technology pre-purchase program that provides its customers with access to LTO-7 drives and media for use until LTO-8 technology becomes available. Pre-purchase customers will be priority recipients of LTO-8 drives and media, allowing them to be among the first to gain the capacity and performance advantages of LTO-8.
PSSC Labs Partners with Biosoft Integrators to Debut Specialized Genetic Research Cluster at ASHG 2017
LAKE FOREST, Calif., Oct. 11, 2017 —Â PSSC Labs, a developer of custom High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Big Data computing solutions, today announced it will be showcasing its PowerWulf Bio Titanium Cluster at ASHG 2017. PSSC Labs will be on the main exhibition floor at booth #830. The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) the primary professional membership organization for human genetics specialists worldwide.
ACM's Council on Women in Computing Appoints Jodi Tims Chair
NEW YORK, Oct. 11, 2017 — ACM-W, the Association for Computing Machinery’s Council on Women in Computing, today announced that Jodi Tims, Professor of Computer Science at Baldwin Wallace University (US), has been named Chair.
Intel Delivers 17-Qubit Quantum Chip to European Research Partner
On Tuesday, Intel delivered a 17-qubit superconducting test chip to quantum research partner QuTech. The announcement marks the latest milestone in a 10-year, $50-million collaborative relationship with Delft University of Technology and TNO, the Dutch Organisation for Applied Research, to accelerate advancements in quantum computing.
Fujitsu Tapped to Build 37-Petaflops ABCI System for AIST
Fujitsu announced today it will build the long-planned AI Bridging Cloud Infrastructure (ABCI) which is set to become the fastest supercomputer system in Japan and will begin operation in fiscal 2018 (starts in April). ABCI will use Intel’s Xeon Gold processors and Nvidia V100 GPUs and deliver 550 petaflops theoretical peak performance in half-precision floating point and 37 petaflops of double-precision peak floating point performance.
OmniScale Launches PR, Marketing Services for Advanced IT
VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 10, 2017 —Â Co-founders Isaac Lopez and Matt Walters today announced the launch of OmniScale Media, a full-service media agency specializing in strategic marketing and communications programs for advanced technology companies.
HPC Chips - A Veritable Smorgasbord?
No this isn’t about the song from Charlotte’s Web or the Scandinavian predilection for open sandwiches; it’s about the apparent newfound choice in the HPC CPU market. For the first time since AMD’s ill-fated launch of Bulldozer the answer to the question, ‘Which CPU will be in my next HPC system?’ doesn’t have to be ‘Whichever variety of Intel Xeon E5 they are selling when we procure’. In fact, it’s not just in the x86 market where there is now a genuine choice.
Child Care at SC17, Deadline is Oct. 16
I’ve been thinking about this child care thing – on a couple of different fronts. First, if you are working parent who would like to come to the conference but can’t because of lack of help taking care of your child, it’s a huge deal. But there’s a non-trivial ripple effect to this benefit because the HPC community as a whole is richer for the greater participation that might otherwise be lost. I’m also thinking about how to get the word out.
HPE ‘Trade & Match’ Server Tops STAC N1 Test
An overclocked trade & match server from Hewlett Packard Enterprise using a Mellanox network stack has delivered the lowest mean latency to date on a STAC N1 test, according to a report posted by the Securities Technology Analysis Center (STAC) yesterday. Minimizing latency is a key component in highly competitive securities trading. “The STAC-N1 Benchmarks exercised two of four HPE ProLiant XL170r Gen9 Servers in a 2U HPE Apollo r2600 Chassis, a component of the HPE Apollo 2000 System.
TYAN Exhibits NVIDIA Tesla V100 GPU Powered Server Platforms
MUNICH, Oct. 10, 2017 — TYAN, a server platform design manufacturer and the subsidiary of MITAC Computing Technology Corporation, showcases their latest GPU-optimized platforms that target the high performance computing and artificial intelligence sectors at the GPU Technology Conference in Munich, Germany during Oct 10~12. “TYAN’s new GPU computing platforms are designed to provide efficient parallel computing for the analytics of vast amounts of data.
One Stop Systems Exhibits Two GPU Accelerators with NVIDIA Tesla V100 GPUs
MUNICH, Oct. 10, 2017 — One Stop Systems (OSS), the leading provider of high performance computing accelerators for a multitude of HPC applications, today will exhibit two of the most powerful GPU accelerators for data scientists and deep learning researchers, the CA16010 and SCA8000. Both expand the performance of typical GPU-accelerated compute nodes to new limits.
Telco Systems, NXP and Arm Introduce New uCPE Offering
MANSFIELD, Mass. and AUSTIN, TX, October 10, 2017 — Telco Systems, a provider of SDN/NFV, CE 2.0, MPLS and IP solutions, together with NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI), a worldwide leader in advanced secure connectivity solutions, today announced the industry’s first Arm-based uCPE solution available in the market.
HPC Advisory Council and ISC Group Announce 2018 Student Cluster Competition
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept.
10 Rifle Shooting Myths Exposed Via @dailycaller
Down through the years, many gun writers have warned shooters that flattened and damaged bullet points can severely affect shooting accuracy. The issue is one primarily a product of cartridges having been stored inside the magazine of a heavy-recoiling rifle. In such a case, when the rifle is fired, the cartridges sometimes are forced forward, causing the bullet points to impact the front of the magazine, thereby resulting in the flattening of the soft lead points.
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