Ohio’s Colleges Adjust to Changing State Funding (IdeaStream) – This year Ohio’s colleges will receive their funding based on student performance measures rather than enrollment numbers, causing some schools to reconsider their admissions standards.
Livermore joins Oak Ridge, Argonne to Develop Next Supercomputers (Scientific Computing) – A joint collaboration between Livermore, Oak Ridge, and Argonne is working to develop the next generation of supercomputers with a goal of 200 petaflop peak performance, 10 times faster than current HPC systems.
UI supercomputers will kick-start feds' digital-manufacturing lab (Crain’s Chicago) – U of Illinois’ National Center for Supercomputing Applications will be providing supercomputing resources to the newly formed Digital Manufacturing hub being built in Chicago, mainly through its iForge system which is purpose built to aid manufacturers run simulations.
Poly, Scientific American Magazine bring education online (Washington Square News) – Scientific American Magazine has teamed up with NYU’s school of engineering to provide MOOC style courses tailored for mid-career professionals.
HTC takes on cancer with smartphone-powered supercomputer (The Telegraph) – HTC has announced an initiative that will allow smartphone users to volunteer their spare processing power to help conduct research on a field of their choosing. The combined power of 1 million users would be equivalent of a Top500 grade supercomputer, and with 780 million Android phones shipped last year the potential is great.
