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SC13: What I Saw and Heard

By on Tuesday, December 3, 2013 - 10:00am
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In Denver recently, my Ohio Supercomputer Center colleagues and I participated in SC13, the “International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis,” and we celebrated the event’s 25th conference. Organizers created a timeline display of the conference over the years, and it was very interesting to see how the conference has grown and evolved with the industry that it represents. I made some mental notes about some of what I saw this year to share with blog readers.

Modeling and Simulation, Data flow, Microsoft & More

By on Monday, December 2, 2013 - 9:13am

Today's digest includes articles on Microsoft increasing encryption of internet traffic, research and development at Georgia Institute of Technology and USC, the EU working with the US on data sharing, and accounting reforms at higher education institutions taking its toll on students' finances. Also included is information on five winners of a new Navy modeling and simulation contract focusing on war fighting, manpower and fleet readiness. 

Brazil, Science & Technology, Budgets & More

By on Wednesday, November 27, 2013 - 10:00am (updated Wednesday, November 27, 2013 - 10:28pm)
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The digest for this Wednesday features articles on new research on financial outlook of colleges, Ohio's Governor John Kasich working to ratify legislation to create a balanced budget amendment, and new science and technology policies relative to high-performance computing. Also included are two articles focusing on Big Data--One in the US and one in Brazil.

 

We will continue our Daily Digest, next week, after this short Holiday break. Happy Thanksgiving!

Electric Cars, Higher Education, Aircraft Engines & More

By on Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 1:08pm

Today's Daily Digest features articles on Ohio community college funding, high school STEM programs, airplane engine manufacturing, electric car development at Ohio State, and open enrollment in Ohio public schools. Also included is an article highlighting SC13 in Denver and information on tuition revenue at U.S. public universities. 

Honda, Broadband, Dual Enrollment & More

By on Friday, November 22, 2013 - 9:36am

Today we focus on information regarding Cleveland State University's use of mobile applications, nonprofit organization Connect Ohio's workforce development effort through the expansion of broadband access across sthe state, and higher education institutions' policies regarding dual enrollment. Also included is information on Honda's new fuel-cell car development, manufacturing jobs increasing and Ohio state engineering and business schools expanding their work to the private sector

Distance Ed, Bursting Bubbles, Cloud Services & More

By on Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 10:02am

The digest for this Thursday features information on the improvement of data systems and data quality, private cloud based services on a global scale, and a new supercomputing record reached by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Also included is information on the debate of state reciprocity agreements in regards to evaluation of distance education providers, and an update on the COMPETES legislation in regards to scientific research and STEM education

Competency Credentials, High School Overhaul & More

By on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 - 1:01pm

Today's digest features articles on data and network security, Honda expanding its business in order to increase exports from US plants, and higher education privacty when it comes to information technology. Also featured is information on Microsoft's new 3D printing application, Obama's competition to overhaul high schools in America, and community colleges working on competency-based credentials

OSC To Manage New Blue Waters Graduate Fellowship Program

By on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 - 11:27am
An exterior view of the National Petascale Computing Facility, home to the Blue Waters supercomputer (Image: NCSA/University of Illinois)

The Blue Waters project, managed by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois, recently announced a unique fellowship program for doctoral students who can use the Blue Waters computing system to help complete their academic research. This may be the only National Science Foundation project that funds this type of opportunity. The Ohio Supercomputer Center is under contract with NCSA to manage the fellowship program.