CI Newsletter
Computation News

In the current newsletter, Ian reflects on the status of the Institute and what should be our plans for the coming years.

Additional articles this month feature an Introduction to TeraGrid, an article on Computational Infrastructure for Economic Research, report on the recent DSLWorkshop 2009 and a Q&A with CI Senior Fellow, Mike Wilde.

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IN THE NEWS

September 25, 2009
Processor.com
"Tracking Green IT" | read more>

August 31, 2009
Chicago Sun-TImes
"Argonne's New Center Really Computes: National Lab Gets Lots More Elbow Room for Scientists" | read more>

August 31, 2009
Chicago Sun-Times
"Argonne's New Center Really Computes: National Lab Gets Lots More Elbow Room for Scientists" | read more>

August 27, 2009
HPCWire
"LSU CCT Assists in Hosting Cluster Conference" | read more>

July 23, 2009
Chicago Business News
"Argonne Researchers Win Four R&D 100 Awards" | read more>

March 16, 2009
CNET News
"Cloud computing: How we got here" | read more>

February 20, 2009
RxPG News
"MacArthur Foundation Awards Planning Grant to Improve Decision-making in Energy Policy" | read more>

February 5, 2009
HPCwire
"A Decade of Discovery Hails Supercomputers Used in Parkinson's Disease Breakthrough" | read more>

News

November 23, 2009

Shared Supercomputing and Everyday Research

“You’ve seen these desktop applications move into the cloud,” said Pete Beckman, the director of the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility in Illinois. “Now science is on that same track. This helps democratize science and good ideas... |read >

November 20, 2009

StarGate Demo at SC09 Shows How to Keep Astrophysics Data Out of Archival

As both an astrophysicist and director of the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), Mike Norman understands two common perspectives on archiving massive scientific datasets. During a live demonstration at the SC09 conference of streaming data simulating cosmic structures of the early universe, Norman said that some center directors view their data archives as "black holes," where a wealth of data accumulates and needs to be protected... |read >

November 17, 2009

FutureGrid to Provide Platform for Experimental Computation

Over the next few months, a consortium that includes the University of Chicago will establish FutureGrid, a collaborative next-generation system for experimental scientific supercomputing. |read >

November 16, 2009

Green Supercomputing at Argonne

“The ALCF seeks new ways to use extreme-scale supercomputers as a tool for scientific discovery. We pursue solutions to the nation's scientific challenges while simultaneously working to be the most environmentally responsible, efficient, computing resource available for science... |read >

November 10, 2009

'Chicago Tonight' to Focus on Cloud Computing, Argonne

Rich Samuels, a news correspondent with "Chicago Tonight," a local news program that airs on WTTW-Channel 11, visited the laboratory for a segment on cloud computing expected to run tonight during the 7 p... |read >