News archive for April 2009

EPCC helps medical researchers use multicore computing to analyse genomic data

28th April 2009. Filed under: News

A new software tool developed by EPCC helps medical researchers use multicore computing to analyse genomic data. Read the full story here: http://www.genomeweb.com/new-software-tool-lets-researchers-use-r-across-compute-cluster

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EPCC Commercial Director Mark Parsons comments on the current state of supercomputing in The Guardian

20th April 2009. Filed under: News

As supercomputer company Silicon Graphics files for bankruptcy protection, Mark Parsons comments in The Guardian.
Read the full article here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/apr/09/silicon-graphics

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Welcome to the DEISA PRACE Symposium 2009

15th April 2009. Filed under: News, Announcements

DEISA, the Distributed European Infrastructure for Supercomputing Applications, and PRACE, the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe, decided to merge their annual scientific symposia into one big
European HPC event: The DEISA PRACE Symposium.
The DEISA PRACE Symposium 2009 will take place from May 11 to May 13 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands at the Royal Tropical Institute […]

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