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Bruce Berriman is an astronomer and computer scientist at the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, California Institute of Technology.-
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Tag Archives: computer videos
Science: It’s Universal
This video was produced and directed by Amanda Bauer at the .Astronomy 4 meeting. Astronomers giving their thoughts on what science is and why they do it. <p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/45711303″>Science: It’s Universal</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/user611471″>amanda bauer</a> on <a href=”http://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p> Read about … Continue reading
The known and unknown pioneers of modern computing
This topic is perhaps a little outside the normal scope of my blog, but I read a very good article last week in the International Science Grid This Week (ISGTW). The article honored the June birthdays of two computer science … Continue reading
Creating a Scientific Visualization
Here is a very useful video from the Advanced Visualization Laboratory of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) on the process of creating a scientific visualization, in this case a fly-through movie of a molecular cloud, detailed enough to … Continue reading
NSF Leads Federal Efforts In Big Data – Webcast
On March 29, the Federal Government held a webcast Federal government science leds from OSTP, NSF, NIH, DOE, DOD, DARPA and USGS outlined how their agencies are engaged in Big Data research, followed by a panel of thought leaders from … Continue reading
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The VAO Community Day in Tucson
The Virtual Astronomical Observatory (VAO) held its latest community day in Tucson, AZ, on March 13, attended by nearly 50 members of the Tucson astronomical community. These community days are an important part of our professional outreach: we go on … Continue reading
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Cloud Computing: Is It Powerful and Can It Lead to Bankruptcy?
This is the title of a presentation I gave at the Space Telescope Science Institute on February 23. You can view the talk as an STScI Webcast Presentation. I talked about a brief history of cloud computing, then talked about … Continue reading
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Making the Connection: Big Data and High Performance Computing
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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The Virtual Astronomical Observatory Rolls Out Science Services!
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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Most realistic simulation yet of the formation of the Milky Way
This wonderful movie shows the most realistic simulation yet made of the formation of the Milky Way. The simulation is named after Eris, the Greek goddess of strife and discord, chosen to reflect decades’ worth of vigorous debate on this … Continue reading
GPU’s vs. CPU’s: Apples vs. Oranges?
This will be the last of three posts on processing with GPU’s. Jan Zverina and Peter Varhol wrote a couple of interesting articles on the applicability of GPU’s and CPU’s in scientific data processing. They made a convincing case that … Continue reading
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