Reed's Ruminations: The Past, Present, and Future
Reflections on science, technology, and computing — leavened by personal experience
Tag: ILLIAC
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Lessons from a Young Department Head
N.B. You might want to grab a libation before reading. This is a long post. What does a young researcher do when he is suddenly thrust into leading a top-tier computer science department? He learns to fix problems before others see them, outwit university bureaucracy, make decisions that can change people’s lives, and protect the…
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Drowning in Data
More to the point, consumers, universities, industry and government are now drowning in digital data. Whether it’s digital music, video and photographs; scientific data from high resolution sensors; or just the traffic of daily business life, petabytes and exabytes are upon us.