Project computes clouds with in-depth detail (June 12, 2009)
With powerful computers at its disposal, a team led by Colorado State University's David Randall is creating a global model that will portray Earth's atmosphere in 10-second intervals and at a points just 4 kilometers apart. The high-resolution simulation could help answer cloud behavior questions that have stymied scientists for centuries.
Sounding out OS noise (November 18, 2008)
The way programmers have traditionally handled operating system interference in supercomputer applications may not be the best way to dampen the impact of such "noise," suggests a paper by University of New Mexico graduate student Kurt Ferreira and collaborators at Sandia National Laboratory. The paper earned nominations as both a best paper and best student paper at this year's Supercomputing Conference.
