Unlocking Cosmology
1 October 2016
Gemma Church finds out how astronomers are using simulations to investigate the extremities of our universe
A round-up of the latest cooling technologies for scientists using HPC to support their research.
ASTRONOMY
Simulating the stars
20 February 2012
Astronomical software will help detect telescope faults
1 March 2003
A data management software system now being installed in the UK will save astronomers precious time, and even tell them when their equipment is not working as it should. Phillip Hill reports
Parallel efforts create a virtual sky
1 May 2002
Scientists are building a seamless, global, astronomical resource: a 'virtual observatory' that will supply data at all wavelengths through a common interface. Vanessa Spedding catches up with European initiatives
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With the proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), the high-performance computing industry’s increasing workloads are contributing to environmental damage
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Autonomous vehicles could help to prevent road accidents and save billions in damages across the world each year.
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The pursuit of exascale HPC systems has been a target of the HPC community since the first petaflop system broke into the Top500 in the June 2008 edition of the biannual list of the fastest supercomputers based on the Linpack
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Simulation software is helping accelerate battery development, writes Gemma Church
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Developing skills to use advanced computing resources such as high-performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), and quantum computing is becoming an increasingly important skill set for
