Platform Computing has appointed Randy Clark as chief marketing officer. In this role, Clark will be responsible for Platform's worldwide marketing and will also be focusing on the company's cloud computing initiative
Kevin Shea has joined Interactive Supercomputing (ISC) as vice president of engineering, where he will lead product development of Star-P
William R Wing has joined Darkstrand as chief technology officer, bringing more than 20 years of experience in the research community to the company
InforSense founder Professor Yike Guo is to move from CEO to the position of chief technology officer and head of innovation, with David Bennett being promoted to chief executive with immediate effect
LMS International has appointed Stefaan Goossens as VP of simulation, and Bruno Massa as VP of strategic planning and corporate communications
Carole Goble, professor in the School of Computer Science at the University of Manchester, has been awarded the inaugural Jim Gray eScience Award at the 2008 Microsoft eScience Workshop in Indianapolis.
Accelerate Technology Laboratories (ATL) has added Dr Thomas Klinckman to its expanding LIMS implementation team.
Peter Beckman has been named director of the Leadership Computing Facility at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory.
AMD has appointed Alberto Bozzo as corporate vice president and general manager of its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region
National Instruments has appointed Robert Morton as its managing director for UK and Ireland. Morton has been with NI for 14 years, having progressed from field sales engineer through to the management team.
Through the use of cutting-edge simulation, software engineers are developing innovative new wind energy technology and increasing the efficiency and durability of wind turbines. The drive to find sustainable energy sources is one of the most pressing concerns facing society.
Dame Sally Davies, the outgoing Chief Medical Officer for England, pulls no punches when it comes to the threat of antibiotic resistance. She has called for an ‘Extinction Rebellion-type’ response to it, describing it as ‘catastrophic’ and ‘as dangerous as climate change’.
The Pistoia Alliance has been pioneering initiatives that will support organisations as they work to enable and engage Fair (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) principles of data management and stewardship in their organisations.
Achronix and Bittware collaborate on a new FPGA designed for cloud, AI and machine learning applications, writes Robert Roe
By increasing the energy efficiency of a supercomputer scientists can save huge amounts of money over the total lifecycle of the system. With ever-increasing core counts and increasingly large supercomputers, the drive for increased computational power comes at a cost.
