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A few weeks back I took the opportunity to write Jeff Crompton of AltaSim Technologies(link sends e-mail) to let him know how impressed I was by the recent article he wrote about the HeatSinkSim application. I was surprised to learn how comprehensive the model was, with regard to including conduction, convection and radiation effects. Jeff replied, “Thanks.

We all know it’s not always the case that an event, a movie, even a meal lives up to the preceding hype. The Ohio Educational Technology Conference (OETC)(link sends e-mail) is one of the rare exceptions. According to its website, OETC is “the premier P-20 state educational technology conference,” and guess what? It actually is.

Take a moment and ask yourself: How many usernames and passwords do you have? Now consider how many times you’ve forgotten them and had to request a password reset.

Small-to-medium-sized manufacturers (SME) are important. SMEs' roles are vital to the health and well-being of the U.S. economy. Did you know that SMEs employ more than twice the total number of workers of all large OEMs combined, and are also responsible for three-quarters of the total research and development output?

In today's news we look at five predictions of where supercomputing is going in 2016, generation Z taking over higher education, the effectiveness of ebooks for learning, digital life at the CES tech show and IoT needing fiber-optic broadband to succeed...

In today's news we look at UC's cooperative education, Wright State winning $700,000 grant, Octo Telematics partnering with Ohio State, 2016 as the year of Internet standards, and five things that will disappear in five years...

Ed. Note: In high performance computing lore, it is said that Apple Computer bought a Cray supercomputer in the late 1980s to help design the company’s next personal computer. When he learned of this, the founder of Cray replied that ironically he was designing his next supercomputer with an Apple computer. Today, computer engineers working for the AweSim initiative are using supercomputers to design all matter of products and processes.

In today's news we look at broadband in central Ohio, students bringing their own wireless access, Facebook confronting the free net neutrality dilemma, Vermont using supercomputers for plowing and magnets tracking fingers in virtual reality...

In today's news we look at the Rosetta Digital Marketing Competition, Third Frontier investing in startup technology, agencies award college credit plus training, libraries as social learning centers and Wright-Patterson unveiling one of the world's largest supercomputers...

In today's news we look at Ohio needing more education options, Kent State receiving a contribution from AT&T to improve mobile technologies for special education, congress giving NASA Glenn full funding, ProQuest acquiring Ex Libris and FAA saying drone owners have to get them registered. 

In today's news we look at Ohio helping researchers commercialize new technology, Toldeo's rate of broadband being lower than U.S. average, universities braving CBE, northeast Ohio universities trying to raise graduation rates and how technology turns consumber data into actionable insights...

In today's news we look at NASA and CWRU teaming up on water purification technology, OU faculty inventions bringing in $10M, SSU announcing OARnet connection complete, high-tech tools helping students and the future of virtual reality in books...

In today's news we look at the SC15 convention, new redevelopment districts connected by OARnet's Internet, a new STEM school in Columbus, the Delaware County District Library giving patrons a new way to check out the Internet and Annapolis technology being tested in Ohio...

In today's news we look at the computer network in Austin, Ohio University having students graduate in three years, Kenda opening in Ohio, Indiana University digitzing their media library and Toyota investing $1 billion in artificial intelligence in US. 

Is there a word for being simultaneously exhausted and re-invigorated at the same time? If not there should be.

It’s how I feel every year following the annual Supercomputing Conference – the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis – this year aptly named SC15(link sends e-mail).

In today's news we look at OSU joining White House energy initiative, Byrd Polar exhibit, Ohio State spinoff Immobly, public libraries and broadband and startup liscense through Purdue...

In today's news we look at making stronger cars using less energy, Columbus getting an Internet exchange, Ohio using drones to strengthen aerospace and aviation industries, Columbus Metropolitan Library wanting to buy land from Ohio State and innovative technology leading to economic growth...

In today's news we look at Dublin's new Intelligent Community Global Institute, the benefits of college students reading a common book, the world's first trans-pacific 100 Gigabit network, high school students showcasing robots at Bowling Green and SC15 relasing videos on why HPC matters...

In today's news we look at the technology from "Back to the Future Part II," Upper Arlington moving forward with plans for fiber-optic network, OU ranking first in state for research licensing revenue, supercomputer transforming scientific research and the U.S. Appeals Court ruling Google book is fair use...

In today's news we look at Columbus State helping students who were in foster care, Honda's robotic show, Ohio universities having to reduce in-state costs, supercomputing helping ecologists and Wal-Mart rolling out online ordering...

This October is the 11^th annual observance of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security and the non-profit National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA).

In today's news we look at Denver tapping an Ohio tech firm for ways to track street defects, Magic Johnson raising $95,000 for Tri-C scholarships, Ohio University grad students pushing heart rate technology for youth sports, Harvard launching a User Research Center and a supercomputer fighting to eradicate the whitefly from Africa...

In today's news we look at Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic breaking ground on a health education campus, higher education task force asking institutions to create a five-year efficiency plan, LeBron James' foundation adn JPMorgan Chase teaming up for hackathon, a new supercomputer getting closer to simulating the human brain and the end of library catalog cards...

In today's news we look at a report on the potential of Ohio's public colleges collaborating, the Internet2 technology exchange, a PQ Systems employee named a STEM exemplar, Oberlin's new supercomputer and Banned Books Week..