Monthly Archives: January 2012

Making the Connection: Big Data and High Performance Computing

Posted on January 27, 2012 by astrocompute

This video is an interesting panel discussion on “Big Data” and how it relates to high performance computing (HPC). The panel is moderated by Nicole Hemsoth, Editor of Datanami, an on-line magazine dedicated to the challenges posed by massive data … Continue reading →

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Running Scientific Applications on Academic Clouds

Posted on January 23, 2012 by astrocompute

Commercial clouds can prove expensive, especially for long term use of for massive data storage. This week I report on some experiments on processing Kepler data sets on academic clouds. We are trying to see whether these experimental clouds offer … Continue reading →

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The Virtual Astronomical Observatory Rolls Out Science Services!

Posted on January 15, 2012 by astrocompute

At the 219th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, held from January 8th through 12th, the Virtual Astronomical Observatory (VAO) held a workshop entitled “Tools For Data Intensive Astronomy.”  There, the VAO project demonstrated its first set of science services, … Continue reading →

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DOE Final Report on Magellan and Cloud Computing

Posted on January 7, 2012 by astrocompute

The Department of Energy (DOE) just released its final report on the Magellan project. Magellan’s remit was “..to investigate the potential role of cloud computing in addressing the computing needs for the DOE Office of Science (SC), particularly related to … Continue reading →

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2011 in review – Thank you!

Posted on January 1, 2012 by astrocompute

Thank you everyone for reading my blog, making comments, sending me suggestions and most of all for your encouragement.  Happy 2012! The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall … Continue reading →

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