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June/July 2014

Paperless Lab Academy

17 June 2014

At the Paperless Lab Academy (PLA), which took place in
Amsterdam on 13 and 14 May, the importance of managing
change and the limits to data sharing were important
topics. Tom Wilkie reports

Exascale Challenges

17 June 2014

The current buzz in the world of high-performance
computing is exascale systems. The next major milestone
is HPC systems that will be capable of executing an exaflop
- a billion billion floating point operations per second,
writes John Barr

Why supercomputers are becoming cool machines

17 June 2014

Liquid cooling can take many forms but expertise from embedded systems can also point the way to a green future for HPC, as Tom Wilkie discovers

Fields of data

17 June 2014

Keeping track of agricultural data presents special problems for informatics systems, as Sophia Ktori finds out

April/May 2014

Pharmas forward motion

1 April 2014

The pharmaceutical industry needs new informatics tools if it is to master the age of personalised medicine, Sophia Ktori discovers

Building a Smart Laboratory

1 April 2014

John Trigg sets out the changing demands on laboratories. Only by becoming smart can they respond effectively

A fair wind of change for integrators

1 April 2014

More complex clusters mean more scope for integrators - provided they know what their customers need, as Tom Wilkie discovers

Running a railway - lessons for supercomputing?

1 April 2014

Tom Wilkie finds that this years ISC programme prompts thoughts about the relevance of railways and art â€¨to high-performance computing

Drug discovery with data

1 April 2014

In the second part of our series on computational chemistry, SiÃ¢n Harris looks at the role of modelling and high-quality data in the pharmaceutical industry

How can we manage exabytes of distributed data?

1 April 2014

Reagan W Moore argues that policy-based data-management systems are the next stage in the evolution of large-scale data management

Houston we have a problem

1 April 2014

John Barr looks at some of the issues surrounding the future of data centres

Why use modelling software?

1 April 2014

High-performance computing is increasingly being used to interpret financial data, explains Robert Roe

Sound and science

1 April 2014

Jean-Louis Migeot argues that acoustic simulation needs to be an early part of any product design and that software is now available to ensure it can be done easily

February/March 2014

Masters of multi-tasking

1 March 2014

Contract research organisations are using HPC to get the best out of pharmaceutical data. Sophia Ktori investigates

Are apps the future of informatics?

1 March 2014

Sean Ekins from Collaborative Drug Discovery explains to Robert Roe how science apps can be used for cheminformatics workflows

HPC: predictions for 2014

1 March 2014

John Barr looks into his crystal ball to see what is in store for HPC in the course of this year

Compound benefits

1 March 2014

Computers play an important role in the development of new chemical compounds today, writes Sian Harris in the first of two articles on computational chemistry

December 2013/January 2014

Smart solutions for environmental testing

1 December 2013

Keeping the environment clean requires hundreds of thousands of tests and sophisticated data handling, as Sophia Ktori discovers

Only connect

1 December 2013

How are high-performance interconnects managing to moving more data, faster, and over longer distances? Tom Wilkie reports

Prace: high-performance computings Cern?

1 December 2013

Tom Wilkie reports on some surprising suggestions about the future shape of high-performance computing

CRISP: tackling the data deluge in international science

1 December 2013

A Europe-wide project to help scientists make better use of their data is entering its final year. Laurence Field looks at the lessons

Simulation shifts gear

1 December 2013

In the drive for efficiency, simulation is the key to powertrain design, as Warren Clark discovers

Testing times

1 December 2013

Statistical testing need no longer be difficult or time-consuming, according to Felix Grant

HPC 2013-14

Taking a longer view

30 October 2013

Data management system evolution

30 October 2013

The silver lining?

30 October 2013

Power versus performance

30 October 2013

Education and training for the next generation

30 October 2013

Achieving HPC leadership in Europe

30 October 2013

The Market at a glance

30 October 2013

Staying ahead of the curve

30 October 2013

October/November 2013

The right prescription

1 October 2013

Are informatics solutions keeping up with trends in pharma? Beth Harlen speaks to industry figures

Supercomputing - the reality behind the vision

1 October 2013

Andrew Jones explains why, â€¨when it comes to high-performance computing, science/dollar is not â€¨the same as Flops/dollar

The long road

1 October 2013

A level of debate surrounds the question of how and when we might reach exascale computing. Industry experts share their views on the subject

HPC in the cloud - is it real?

1 October 2013

John Barr offers his take on the future of cloud computing and HPC

Drowning in data: a European perspective

1 October 2013

Our ability to digitise the world around us now readily outstrips our ability to process the data we generate. â€¨Rob Baxter reports

Weathering change: playing the long game

1 October 2013

Beth Harlen reports on the strides being made within the UK climate modelling community

Too big for its boots

1 October 2013

The rise and rise of big data promises to drive increasingly imaginative scientific computing approaches, â€¨says Felix Grant

August/September 2013

Where's the beef?

1 August 2013

With the food and drink industry hit by another scandal, Beth Harlen questions what informatics can do to prevent future occurrences

Meeting demand

1 August 2013

Once the sole domain of researchers with access to large budgets, high-performance computing is coming to the masses. Beth Harlen reports

Trials, tests and tribulations

1 August 2013

Kevin McNulty, director of product marketing for life sciences at Intralinks, explores the technology behind secure collaboration within the life sciences industry

Taming turbulence

1 August 2013

Beth Harlen investigates why turbulence remains one of the great unsolved physics problems

Pretty as a picture

1 August 2013

What is the impact of the graphical visualisation of data within scientific computing? Felix Grant investigates

June/July 2013

Is less more in a paperless laboratory?

1 June 2013

Chairman of the Copenhagen Paperless Lab Forum, Peter Boogaard, shares his perspective

Porting virtual screening applications

1 June 2013

Simon Krige of Cresset BioMolecular Discovery discusses how GPUs are speeding up the screening and lead optimisation process

The data dilemma

1 June 2013

Beth Harlen reports on the challenges of laboratory data integration

Challenges and solutions in debugging code on the Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor

1 June 2013

Chris Gottbrath, principal product manager at Rogue Wave Software, presents a case study on debugging with TotalView on Beacon

The rise of Hadoop

1 June 2013

Hadoop, an open source software project for distributed computing, is becoming synonymous with big data. Beth Harlen speaks to industry experts to find out why

Keeping it cool

1 June 2013

As data centres come under increasing economic and environmental pressures, Beth Harlen explores the impact of the latest cooling solutions

Free and easy?

1 June 2013

Gary Tyreman, CEO at Univa, reveals why users of open-source software crave the most support

Advancing computing

1 June 2013

FranÃ§ois Robin, Jean-Philippe NominÃ© and Torsten Wilde share PRACEs perspective on HPC cooling

Simulation shines light on solar energy

1 June 2013

Simulation and optimisation are vital if solar energy is to be efficient, as Tom Wilkie found out

Stats for the million

1 June 2013

Felix Grant shares the great statistical work being done by non-statisticians

April/May 2013

Laboratory informatics systems are fuelling efficiency

1 April 2013

The petrochemicals industry is finding that laboratory informatics can save money and improve product quality, as Tom Wilkie discovers

Digging for black gold

1 April 2013

The oil and gas industry pushes HPC capabilities to their limits, as Warren Clark discovers

The optimisation conundrum

1 April 2013

Carlo Poloni, president of Esteco and Engineering Professor at University of Trieste, argues in favour of optimisation

Simulation software simplifies stress

1 April 2013

Design engineers are increasingly turning to simulation software to ensure they make the best choices. Tom Wilkie reports

Earth, wind and fire

1 April 2013

From natural disasters to natural resources, modelling and simulation software is improving knowledge, as Warren Clark discovers

Retrieving data day queries

1 April 2013

Felix Grant tackles data retrieval challenges

February/March 2013

All part of the service

1 February 2013

The unique requirements of contract research organisations (CROs) demand the deployment of sophisticated informatics systems, as Beth Harlen discovers

The processing challenge

1 February 2013

In the battle for processor dominance, who will win out? John Barr weighs up the contenders

The power behind pharmaceuticals

1 February 2013

Is HPC becoming an integral part of drug discovery? Industry experts explore the trends

The changing face of computational chemistry

1 February 2013

Chemistry software will be split between expert tools for computational chemists and 3D desktop modelling tools to support the work of medicinal chemists, says Dr Martin Slater, director of consulting at Cresset

Body of evidence

1 February 2013

Beth Harlen presents two case studies exploring how modelling and simulation are changing the face of medical research

Speed, integration and interactivity

1 February 2013

SiÃ¢n Harris reports on the important role of computing in drug discovery

The joy of text

1 February 2013

Teasing out valuable data from a sea of text is no mean feat, as Felix Grant discovers

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October/November 2019

Beyond the ‘I’ in AI

Robert Roe interviews MathWorks Loren Dean, on the use of AI in modelling and simulation

In silico heaven

Every device needs to work seamlessly in its operating environment. But when that environment is a human body, things get complicated.

Advancing progress in life sciences

Christian Marcazzo, general manager at IDBS, highlights trends in life sciences research and development.

Maximising long-term value

Data is a company’s biggest asset, yet for any organisation, keeping a handle on the potentially vast volumes and diversity of data that are generated can represent a considerable issue.

Advancing HPC in the UK

Robert Roe interviews Mark Parsons on the strategy for HPC in the UK

Managing spending in the cloud

Rob Lalonde, Univa’s cloud VP general manager, considers the unique challenges posed by HPC

Deep learning drives new science

Deep learning has seen a huge rise in popularity over the last five years in both enterprise and scientific applications.

Cloud computing takes shape

HPC users are increasingly turning to cloud technologies due to their flexibility and scalability, allowing them to quickly change the size of their workloads, adopt new technologies in a small testing environment and to help to increase the agility of a company working across multiple sites, or

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