A partnership between the eXtreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) and the Institute for Research on Innovation and Science (IRIS) aims to examine the impact of having access to advanced research computing resources
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CERN openlab hosts technical workshop
10 February 2020
On 22 and 23 January, CERN openlab held its annual technical workshop covering topics such as heterogeneous and quantum computing.
One Dorset Pathology adopts LIMS from CliniSys
31 January 2020
One Dorset Pathology will replace ageing IT systems across three trusts to support the development of a pathology hub using a single laboratory information system (LIMS) from CliniSys
Researchers transmit genome sequence using quantum cryptography
30 January 2020
Tohoku University Medical Megabank Organisation (ToMMo) has demonstrated the world’s first quantum cryptography transmission of whole-genome sequence data in collaboration with Toshiba
Altair Acquires newFASANT
23 January 2020
Altair has announced the acquisition of newFASANT, a company offering software for computational and high-frequency electromagnetics
Intel appoints Archana Deskus as Chief Information Officer
15 January 2020
Intel has announced the appointment of Archana (Archie) Deskus as senior vice president and chief information officer (CIO), effective January 30
ECMWF enhance European weather prediction capabilities with new supercomputer
14 January 2020
Atos has signed a four-year contract with the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) to supply a new HPC system that will increase ECMWF’s computing power by a factor of 5 and support hundreds of researchers from more than 30 countries across Europe
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Dr Alice-Agnes Gabriel wins the 2020 PRACE Ada Lovelace award
08 January 2020
Dr Alice-Agnes Gabriel, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Geophysics, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (LMU) is the winner of the 2020 PRACE Ada Lovelace Award for HPC for her contributions to and impact on HPC in Europe.
Scientists refine the melting curve of graphite
06 January 2020
Physicists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and the Institute for High Pressure Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences have used computer modelling to refine the melting curve of graphite
Ansys accelerates ASIC design
18 December 2019
Ansys simulation software is being used to decrease the time to market and development costs of custom application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC). Global Unichip Corp (GUC) ASICs has adopted Ansys to support its combination of advanced technology, low-power and embedded CPU design capabilities.
Bonseyes partners with Verne Global to fuel AI innovation
12 December 2019
Verne Global has announced a partnershi with Bonseyes, a marketplace for building and trading AI applications to provide its users with access to Verne Global’s HPC optimised bare-metal infrastructure, hpcDIRECT
Signature Science selects STACS Casework software
09 December 2019
STACS DNA, a software company specialising in the sample-tracking software, has announced that Signature Science, has selected STACS Casework DNA sample tracking and laboratory management software
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