November 2008 - Posts

GrayWulf (on SQL Server) wins SC’08 Storage Challenge
25 November 08 10:52 PM | eScience | 0 Comments   

Congratulations to Alex Szalay and his amazing team at JHU for winning the SC’08 Storage Challenge – with the entry GrayWulf:Scalable Clustered Architecture for Data Intensive Computing . GrayWulf – is implemented with SQL Server 2008 Abstract: Data intensive Read More...

Filed under: Software, eScience, Research, Conference

Thank-you Fargo!!!
18 November 08 10:06 PM | eScience | 0 Comments   

So here I am in Austin attending SuperComputing’08 posting about WALL•E and WWT and then noticed that my post about needing someone from North Dakota to visit the blog has been fulfilled :-) - Thanks to Fargo – all 50 states are checked off :-) Some interesting Read More...

WALL•E's Universe in WorldWide Telescope
18 November 08 08:24 PM | eScience | 1 Comments   

Now this is fun science - Microsoft Research and Disney•Pixar team up to offer guided tours of the universe with WorldWide Telescope – how better to get our children interested in science and the universe – for most of us it was the Apollo Missions that Read More...

Filed under: Software, Cool Software, WWT

Windows HPC Server 2008 cracks Top 10 in Top 500 list
17 November 08 09:34 PM | eScience | 0 Comments   

The latest Top 500 list was released at Supercomputing Conference (SC08) in Austin, Texas today and Windows HPC Server 2008 was part of the #10 placed machine [ Dawning 5000A] from Shanghai Supercomputer Center .  This is the top machine outside Read More...

Filed under: Research, WinHPC, Parallel Computing

HPC Server 2008 Experience Counts Academic Program
10 November 08 01:49 PM | eScience | 0 Comments   

Great opportunity to get a special academic discount on Windows HPC Server 2008.   Windows® HPC Server 2008 Experience Counts Academic Program You know the value of high-performance computing (HPC). No matter the topic - the inner workings of Read More...

Filed under: Cool Software, WinHPC, Parallel Computing

Fun with Blog Maps – Oh North Dakota where are you?
07 November 08 05:00 PM | eScience | 0 Comments   

It’s been a rainy Friday – so for fun I wanted to see ho w my WorldMap is doing.  I have hits from all 50 states, except North Dakota – so my challenge is how do I get one of the just over 640K residents to hit my blog….if you have any thoughts on Read More...

University of Washington eScience Institute Rollout Event
06 November 08 09:57 AM | eScience | 0 Comments   

Yesterday afternoon I had the pleasure to participate and present at the UW eScience Institute kickoff event.  I really enjoyed the event and and the vision laid out by Ed Lazowska .  The talks by David Baker, Martin Savage and Andy Connolly Read More...

Electric Vehicle Conversion Project
03 November 08 11:25 AM | eScience | 1 Comments   

It’s great to run across professors that try ideas out – especially outside of their field.  Last week I was at Purdue University attending the Dept of Computing and Information Technology Industrial Advisory Board meeting – and found out about Mike Read More...