Reed's Ruminations: The Past, Present, and Future
Reflections on science, technology, and computing — leavened by personal experience
Category: High-Performance Computing
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NCSA@30: Reflections on the Revolution
My time as NCSA director was exhilarating and exciting, as an incredible team invented the future. That is – and always will be – NCSA’s mission.
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Effervescent Clouds: Nimble Computing Infrastructure
Cloud computing is transformational. Yet in public perception, the cloud is more like a fog, a vaguely understood and amorphous thing.
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Names Matter: The False Dichotomy Between Big Data and HPC
HPC and machine learning are not goals, they are enablers.
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Raspberry Pi? Why Yes, I’ll Have Pi Cluster
Although not fast by today’s parallel computing standards, Raspberry Pi clusters allow students to construct complete parallel systems
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Exascale Computing and Big Data: Time to Reunite
It is past time to reunite the big data, cloud and high-performance computing communities. Each can each learn much from the other.
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Postdoc Position: HPC System Resilience and Energy Efficiency
I am seeking a post-doctoral research associate to join a National Science Foundation (NSF) project on high-performance computing system reliability and energy efficiency modeling. If you are interested, or you know someone who might be interested, please share information on the position.