Reed's Ruminations: The Past, Present, and Future
Reflections on science, technology, and computing — leavened by personal experience
Tag: computational science
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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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Informatics, Sugar Water and Revolution
If the Anthropocene defines human impact on the Earth’s ecosystems, then the Information Age defines computing’s impact on our own interactions.
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U.S. House of Representatives Hearing on High-Performance Computing
High-performance computing (HPC) is unique among scientific instruments, distinguished by its universality as an intellectual amplifier.
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Thoughts on 9/11
I had the unusual experience of being on the Capitol Hill of the U.S. during the event. A brief summary of my experience is recounted here.
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Why We Compute
Why do we, as researchers and practitioners, have this deep and abiding love of computing? Why do we compute? I suspect it is a deeper, more primal yearning, one that underlies all of science and engineering and that unites us in a common cause. It is the insatiable desire to know and understand. From terascale…
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2010 Cray and Fernbach Awards
This year, I again had had the honor and privilege to chair the selection committee for the IEEE Seymour Cray and Sidney Fernbach awards, both of which were presented at SC10 in New Orleans. These eponymously named awards recognize truly outstanding contributions to high-performance computing, in honor of two early leaders of our field.