Analysis & opinion

AI
Citing sources isn't good enough for science anymore
26 April 2018

The best research needs ideas from a wider range of people and publications, writes Anita Schjøll Brede

Cloud
Ubiquitous cloud bursting on the horizon for universities
19 April 2018

Cloud bursting is revolutionising research at universities writes Mahesh Pancholi, Research Computing Specialist at OCF

Technology drives a new era in the laboratory
29 March 2018

Robert Roe reports on the Paperless Lab Academy event on the potential impact of disruptive technologies such as blockchain and IoT in the laboratory

Internet interactions boost better biology
19 March 2018

A web-based tool to promote the sharing of research reagents and information can help tackle the crisis in reproducibility in life-science research, argues Isobel Atkin.

How Meltdown and Spectre will impact future processor designs
26 February 2018

Adrian Giordani reports on recent vulnerabilities found in many modern CPUs

Fighting Cancer with Deep Learning
16 January 2018

In this transcript from an interview conducted by insideHPC, Mike Bernhardt discusses the CANDLE project for cancer research with Rick Stevens from Argonne National Lab

Laboratory Informatics
Data lakes and cloud computing
29 November 2017

For research and development (R&D) organisations, the rise of instrument and process automation is leading to a phenomenal increase in the amount, variety and complexity of scientific data that is gathered

Modelling and Simulation, Autonomous vehicles
Pushing the envelope
20 November 2017

Gemma Church wonders if driverless cars and big data are quietly overhauling modelling and simulation.

GPU
GPUs aren't going to replace CPUs, but they are here to stay
07 November 2017

David Yip, HPC and Storage Business Development at OCF, provides his take on the place of GPU technology in HPC.

Modelling and Simulation
Simulate and innovate
01 September 2017

Robert Roe reports from the European Altair Technology Conference and finds that simulation-driven design is taking centre stage for the CAE industry.

ISC, AI
Deep learning dominates ISC
22 June 2017

At ISC High Performance 2017, held in Frankfurt, Germany, deep learning is driving new computing innovation as the HPC industry sets its sights on AI hardware and applications

Laboratory Informatics
Synergy between man and machine – the future of drug development
13 April 2017

Robert Roe discovers that the future of drug development will increasingly rely on advanced software tools that can not only produce and manage data but also help scientists to make better decisions

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