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Science Analytics – look to use Project “Gemini”
When I first saw and heard details about Project “Gemini” , I was blown away by the technology and innovation created by SQL and Excel teams and that held up when I was able to test it out on my own.  It will be especially useful for scientists that Read More...
Posted 21 August 09 09:34 by Dan Fay | 0 Comments   
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Project Trident: A Scientific Workflow Workbench available for download
Project Trident CTP is now available for download .  Project Trident is a scientific workflow workbench MSR External Research has been working on for the past few years, which allows scientists to analyze large, diverse datasets.  It’s built Read More...
Posted 14 July 09 04:58 by Dan Fay | 0 Comments   
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Graywulf Takes Byte Out of Data Overload
Graywulf is the natural evolution of Beowulf Clusters – it brings together HPC clusters and databases to do efficient processing and data management.  It’s name and design also pays homage to Jim Gray – who helped  champion the use of relational Read More...
Posted 08 May 09 10:46 by Dan Fay | 3 Comments   
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OLAP and Scientific Data
While I’ve been pushing the ideas of using OLAP data cubes to evaluate scientific data for awhile, I thought it might be a good time to pull together some relevant papers and links. I believe OLAP is ideal to help analyze large quantities of data including Read More...
Posted 20 August 08 03:57 by Dan Fay | 3 Comments   
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SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP - Released
PHP developers can now integrate data from SQL Server now that the driver is available for download .  Also glad to see that it works with SQL Server Express edition. It is my pleasure to announce that version 1.0 of the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Read More...
Posted 29 July 08 01:42 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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Introduction to Spatial Coordinate Systems: Flat Maps for a Round Planet
Always looking for interesting papers that educate you on domains - really enjoyed this paper... Introduction to Spatial Coordinate Systems: Flat Maps for a Round Planet SQL Server Technical Article Writers: Isaac Kunen Summary: This paper is an introduction Read More...
Posted 17 July 08 04:19 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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[Papers] Supporting Finite Element Analysis with a Relational Database Backend; There is Life beyond Files
In a discussion I had today around ways to advance a scientific problem I was reminded of Jim Gray and Gerd Heber's trilogy - Supporting Finite Element Analysis with a Relational Database Backend .  The three papers are really a good resource for Read More...
Posted 08 April 08 11:00 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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SQL Server 2008 info
The latest version of TechNet Flash has some good pointers to details on SQL Server 2008 and the CTP available for download. Some of the things scientists might find interesting are: Language Integrated Query (LINQ) enables developers to issue queries Read More...
Posted 27 July 07 03:47 by Dan Fay | 0 Comments   
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Data Mining Virtual Hands-on Lab Now Available!
I wrote about the Data mining Addins previously - Data Mining for the rest of us... and now you can test it out via the Virtual hands-ons lab...glad to see this post by JamieMac... Data Mining Virtual Hands-on Lab Now Available! For those of you who have Read More...
Posted 23 July 07 04:37 by Dan Fay | 0 Comments   
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Galaxy Zoo - Help classify a million galaxies
Thanks to Alex Szalay (JHU) for pointing me to GalaxyZoo - now you can help classify galaxies. This really neat... Welcome to GalaxyZoo , the project which harnesses the power of the internet - and your brain - to classify a million galaxies. By taking Read More...
Posted 11 July 07 09:11 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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Reporting@Home: Delivering Dynamic Graphical Feedback in Community Computing Projects
I meant to do an entry on this paper by Stuart Ozer (MSR) and David Kim & David Baker ( Rosetta@Home ) months ago...it's a great way to integrate SQL Reporting services w/ something like Rosetta@Home, and provide really great service for not only Read More...
Posted 09 July 07 04:18 by Dan Fay | 3 Comments   
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Virtual Labs - giving away a Camera
Just saw that the Virtual Labs folks are giving away a camera for using the labs... I'd recommend the Business Intelligence: Excel 2007 PivotTables and Analysis Services Creating a Distributed Application with C# Introducing Content Types for Microsoft Read More...
Posted 16 May 07 02:31 by Dan Fay | 0 Comments   
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Dynameomics - Protein folds by Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Valerie Daggett and her team at UW have put up a site with their simulations of over 300 proteins for a combined simulation time of more than 35 microseconds. This site contains information for their top 30 targets. The other interesting part is that Read More...
Posted 10 May 07 09:54 by Dan Fay | 0 Comments   
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Data Mining Addins for Office 2007 (Excel & Visio)
I think of the Data Mining Addins for Excel 2007 , as data mining tools for common man - they allow anyone to use SQL Server Analysis Services without having to know how to program the backend. It allows you to look for Key Influencers, Detect Categories, Read More...
Posted 28 February 07 05:08 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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SQL Server Starter Data Schema
Very cool - it would be great to see some scientific reserach schemas added to the list... SQL Server 2005 Express Data Schemas Deploying SQL Server Express in real-world environments This data schema series is designed for new database administrators Read More...
Posted 18 January 07 10:14 by Dan Fay | 0 Comments   
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