Intel Labs has released a case study involving a professor at the University of California-San Diego, who for the past five years has led research efforts into what’s called hyperdimensional computing aimed at solving memory and data storage challenges. Hyperdimensional computing (HD) is a type of machine learning inspired by observations of how humans and […]
UCSD Professor Leads COVID-19, Recommendation System Research Using ‘Hyperdimensional Computing’
July 18, 2023 by
SC22: COVID-19 Vaccination No Longer Required for Attendance
August 25, 2022 by
The SC22 conference, scheduled for Nov. 13-18, announced that COVID-19 vaccinations are no longer required for attendance. The conference issued the following statement: “Planning a conference in a world of COVID-19 is challenging as we never know what the virus will do next. The SC22 Planning Committee has followed the science along with the U.S. […]
SDSC’s Peter Rose Wins COVID-19 NIH/NICHD Award
August 10, 2022 by
Aug. 9, 2022 — Peter Rose, director of the Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego, was recently presented with a team award from the National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) noting his work in the COVID-19 Common Data Elements Working Groups. Specifically, Rose has been […]
ORNL Study on COVID-19 Earns Gordon Bell Prize Nomination
November 16, 2021 by
As the coronavirus pandemic entered its second year, a team of scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory used the nation’s fastest supercomputer to streamline the search for potential treatments. “The approach we used to search for promising molecules resembles natural selection in fast forward,” said Andrew Blanchard, one of the […]
SC21 Updates Safety Protocol for On-site Attendees
September 30, 2021 by
SC21 has issued an update about on-site safety protocols at its annual conference, to be held November 14–19, 2021 in St. Louis. Following are highlights of their statement released today: Proof of Vaccination: SC21 will require all in-person attendees, exhibitors, volunteers, and SC21 staff to be fully vaccinated. In order to pick up your registration badge, […]
TACC’s Longhorn GPU Subsystem Helps Researchers Detect Potential COVID-19 Virus Vulnerability
August 20, 2021 by
Despite more than a year and a half of research, there are still many unknowns about how the virus that causes COVID-19 infects human cells. A deeper understanding could lead to new treatment approaches. Using supercomputer simulations, a team from the University of California San Diego, the University of Pittsburgh, The University of Texas at […]
SC21 Will Remain In-person/Virtual Hybrid, Says Conference General Chair de Supinski
August 16, 2021 by
Amid rumors that SC21 is on the verge of shifting to an all-virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic, conference General Chair Bronis de Supinski told us today that the rumors are unfounded: SC21 will be an in person/virtual hybrid gathering. “There’s nothing to (the rumors),” de Supinski said. He added that he and several […]
Duke Professor Amanda Randles to Keynote RMACC Symposium
February 2, 2021 by
Boulder, CO – Dr. Amanda Randles, Duke University assistant professor of biomedical and computer sciences and a leading expert in high performance computing (HPC and biomedical engineering, will be the opening keynote speaker for the 11th annual Rocky Mountain Advanced Computing Consortium’s (RMACC) High Performance Computing Symposium in May. Dr. Randles will speak on “The role […]
Western Digital and Qumulo Partner on Capacity and Scale for IHME COVID-19 Health Analytics and Vaccine Roll Out
January 26, 2021 by
San Jose, Jan 26, 2021 – Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) announced today that the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), in partnership with Qumulo, specializing in file data management for hybrid cloud environments, is employing Western Digital’s Ultrastar DC HC550 18TB HDDs and Ultrastar DC SN640 NVMe SSDs for ongoing COVID-19 research and vaccine […]
The Good Hope Net Project and Russian Supercomputer Announce New COVID Milestone
December 23, 2020 by
Moscow, December 23, 2020 — International non-profit The Good Hope Net project aimed to develop treatment and diagnostic tools to fight against COVID-19 coronavirus infection, supported by RSC Group, has reported its 2020 results and announced plans for the future. The Good Hope Net project includes 21 science and research organizations from 8 countries at the moment: Russia, Finland, Italy, […]
