This is a guest blog post by Tim Downing. Dr. Tim Downing is a lecturer in genomics at DCU’s School of Biotechnology. His Infection Genomics research group investigates the evolutionary history, present-day epidemiology and future threats associated with bacterial and parasitic drug resistance using genomics, computational models and population genetics. He …
The best HPC news blogs to follow
In the recent years HPC has consistently grown in importance due to the continued advancements in the sector. These continued breakthroughs in capabilities of the software need somewhere to be expressed. Therefore, here are the best independent HPC news blogs to keep you right up to date with everything happening …
Intel’s new Scalable System Framework
Intel are world’s largest manufacturer and distributor of semiconductor’s manufacturer, which are a key component of the computing industry with specific applications to the HPC sector. Intel Corporation also have research labs throughout the world with a particularly heavy focus across Europe. These research labs serve as the company’s research …
A summary of The European Cloud Initiative
Since the creation of the European Union there have been many initiatives and cooperative efforts to help the Union advance, and the Cloud Initiative is no different. The purpose of this initiative is to give Europe a global lead in the data-driven economy through the creation of a Digital Single …
Can Cloud Computing Disrupt the HPC Market?
This article was written by Theo Lynn and originally appeared as a guest entry in Information Management. You can read the original here. The market for high performance computing is huge and growing. Estimates of the total HPC market range from US$21bn to US$29.4bn (IDC, 2015; Intersect360 Research, 2015). The cloud category …
10 HPC Accounts You Should Be Following on Twitter
All of us who are involved within the HPC and supercomputing industry realise that it’s a rapidly expanding and changing industry. In order to keep up to date with the latest HPC trends, insights and news we recommended keep an eye on the following Twitter accounts: 1. inside HPC @insideHPC …
Top 5 HPC in the cloud providers
HPC in the cloud is still very much a new concept, so much so that we are currently conducting research in the area. The main motivation for CloudLightning is to develop a new way to provision heterogeneous cloud resources. According to Intersect360 Research, cloud computing represented about 2% of the …
HPC Achievement and Impact (Prof Thomas Sterling, ISC 2016)
The ISC High Performance Conference 2016 is one of the main HPC conferences in the world; it took place in Frankfurt, from June 19th to the 23rd of June. The conference attracted well over 2,000 attendees, which included a large number of companies and research organisations. The ISC High Performance …
Notable HPC Conferences and Upcoming Events 2016, Jul-Dec
There are a number of upcoming HPC conferences in the second half of 2016, this blog post highlights some of the stand out events from across the world. The dates, locations and keynote speakers are all detailed below. HPCS 2016 – THE 2016 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING & …
Hiroshi Nakamura and John Mooney join the External Advisory Board
We are pleased to announce that Prof Hiroshi Nakamura, University of Tokyo, Japan, and Dr John Mooney, Pepperdine University, USA, have joined the CloudLightning External Advisory Board. Hiroshi Nakamura is a professor in the Department of Information Physics and Computing at the University of Tokyo. He is also the director …