August 2007 - Posts

MSR Learning Assessment Toolkit
31 August 07 12:58 AM | eScience | 1 Comments   

Yesterday I had a really good discussion with Jamie Cromack on her efforts around putting together a Learning Assessment Toolkit. This toolkit is are valuable asset for professors teaching both in CS and STEM. The Microsoft Research Assessment Toolkit Read More...

Filed under: Research, Paper

C#UNG - C# Universal Network/Graph System
26 August 07 10:33 PM | eScience | 0 Comments   

Here's a really cool C# application for displaying graphs from MSR... Microsoft C#UNG (pronounced “chung” and short for C# Universal Network/Graph System) is a desktop application that displays graphs, which are collections of vertices connected by edges. Read More...

Silverlight Apps
26 August 07 09:56 PM | eScience | 1 Comments   

Saw this post by Qixing on the uses of Silverlight in different sites - I'd like to start compiling a list of eScience sites/applications using Silverlight...let me know if you are using it... MLB.com integrated Silverlight Podium ’08 - MSN’s Election Read More...

Tafiti - Search and Silverlight experiment
21 August 07 08:28 PM | eScience | 1 Comments   

LiveSide has a really good overview of Tafiti a site that utilizes Silverlight as a way to capture search results - it's not only cool - it's a lot of fun to play with...check it out...now if aimed at scientific researchers and had the ability to capture Read More...

"The Coming Revolution in Scholarly Communications & Cyberinfrastructure"
19 August 07 10:43 AM | eScience | 3 Comments   

Lee did an excellent job in putting this together! It looks extremely interesting. You can download the entire issue (in PDF). Introduction Lee Dirks , Microsoft Corporation Tony Hey , Microsoft Corporation The Shape of the Scientific Article in The Developing Read More...

Filed under: Scholarly Communications

Code Camp 8 Registration: Rise of the Silverlight Surfer
17 August 07 11:15 PM | eScience | 1 Comments   

For you eScience folks in the Boston area - here's a real opportunity to hear/see how Silverlight can be utilized... Code Camp 8 Registration and Call for Speakers Open! We're live and ready (thanks, Chris Pels!) Attendee registration and the Call for Read More...

Filed under: eScience, Cool Software, Conference

Windows Live Folders now Windows Live SkyDrive
11 August 07 12:11 AM | eScience | 1 Comments   

I've been waiting for it and now it's available more broadly - a way to share files in the could...take a look at SkyDrive . I can see a science project utilizing Spaces, SkyDrive, Astoria, etc to put all the pieces together to make it work... featuring: Read More...

Filed under: Cool Software

Debugging MPI on Windows
11 August 07 12:03 AM | eScience | 1 Comments   

Here's a very helpful post I ran across from Volker's blog on debugint MPI application on Windows.... VolkerW's WebLog : Debugging MPI on Windows This week our team hosts an event for Microsoft partners working on HPC migration projects. Developing requires Read More...

Filed under: Software, WinHPC

Photosynth - NASA Shuttle
09 August 07 07:46 PM | eScience | 1 Comments   

Here's are some amazing collections of images of the Space Shuttle...amazing technology. Current collections include: The interior and surrounding area of the Vehicle Assembly Building, the largest one-story building in the world, used for housing external Read More...

Filed under: Cool Software

RESTful architecture of Microsoft Robotics Studio « Jon Udell
09 August 07 07:14 PM | eScience | 0 Comments   

Ran across Jon Udell's screencast on the Robotics Studio and is' RESTful architecture...I've seen the demos in person and they are quite impressive. Also, I've run across a number of folks that have used the Robotics Studio infrastructure for modeling Read More...

Filed under: Software, Cool Software, Research

Dual Boot CCS and Linux Whitepaper
07 August 07 03:45 PM | eScience | 1 Comments   

Just saw VolkerW post info on the whitepaper to help understand how to setup a cluster to dual boot between WinCCS and Linux...very helpful. Dual Boot CCS and Linux Hot off the (virtual) press: "Windows ® Compute Cluster Server 2003 and Linux." Many partners, Read More...

Filed under: WinHPC, Tech Interop, Paper

Abstracts extension for eScience Workshop
04 August 07 12:29 PM | eScience | 0 Comments   

There was some confusion on where to post abstracts for the eScience Workshop - so the deadline was extended. The 2007 Microsoft eScience Workshop at RENCI Deadline for abstracts extended to Monday August 20, 12 noon PST Please submit abstracts online Read More...

Filed under: eScience, Conference