An Advanced Clustering team was on-site at Clarkson University to install a new cluster that the company built for Dr. Chen Liu, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Liu was awarded a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation to lead a four-person research team dedicated to acquiring a heterogeneous high-performance computing cluster. Read further...

One of the biggest problems with computers, dating to the invention of the first one, has been finding ways to keep them cool so that they don't overheat or shut down. Instead of combating the heat, two University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineers have embraced it as an alternative energy source that would allow computing at ultra-high temperatures. Read further...

In an effort to ensure their scientific work has positive impact on the everyday lives of the billions of users of ICT communications worldwide, at IMDEA Networks they study the complexity of the various elements involved in the communication process, so that they can fine-tune them and create a more cohesive and harmonious whole. With this objective at heart the Institute launches a new line of research named "Network Measurements and Analytics". Read further...

DataDirect Networks (DDN) will showcase the latest technologies and best practices to meet and exceed the requirements of modern media workflows at the upcoming NAB Show 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada, April 22-27, 2017. High-resolution formats and new content distribution models, such as Virtual Reality and immersive 360, are driving exponential growth in scale, capacity and bandwidth needs. DDN MEDIAScaler delivers the industry's fastest and most scalable appliance for media, with transparent tiering for cost reduction and easy distribution. Read further...

Rescale has introduced the ScaleX Labs with Intel Xeon Phi processors and Intel Omni-Path Fabric managed by R Systems. The collaboration brings lightning-fast, next-generation computation to Rescale's Cloud platform for big compute, ScaleX Pro. Read further...

The Royal Canadian Institute for Science (RCIS) has awarded IBM Canada the 2017 William Edmond Logan Award at an award ceremony held at the MarS Discovery Centre in Toronto on April 20, 2017. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to the public awareness of science by an institution or an organisation. Read further...

WorldFlix Inc. has significantly enhanced the security and privacy of its Swantry app with the addition of its new, proprietary protection technology, Parano, developed by its subsidiary Paranotek. Paranotek is a security software company that has developed Parano as a post-quantum, cryptographic protocol, designed to withstand sophisticated security hacks both currently in use and expected in the future from super and quantum computers. Popular apps on the market today, such as WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, may be hacked as quantum computers come online without advanced encryption software such as Parano. The addition of Parano to Swantry has pushed the launch date of Swantry out to the end of the month as Paranotek files patents to protect the intellectual property of its software. Read further...

The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has opened the call for applications with regard to DATA2PERSON - Big Data & Health. This call, as part of the COMMIT2DATA programme, aims to contribute to the development of effective, efficient, and responsible personal empowerment methods for a future healthy society. Consortiums of at least two academic departments and at least one public/private partner can apply for funding. The deadline for full proposals is 5 September 2017, 14.00 hours CEST. Read further...

IBM has released the results of new research using deep learning and visual analytics technology to advance early detection of diabetic retinopathy (DR). The results, which classify the degree of severity of the disease in an eye image, exceed other currently published research efforts for severity classification using deep learning and pathology insights. Read further...

Few jobs are more massive than that of building a nuclear power plant, a project that takes years and billions of dollars to complete. But once a new plant is finished, how do engineers know it will operate as designed? Read further...

The Netherlands eScience Center (NLeSC) is organizing two major events in the near future. On June 20, 2017, "Scientific Visualization: From Archaeology to Astronomy" will take place in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. This is a one-day event where scientists and researchers from different disciplines meet to discover how visualization technologies impact scientific research. On October 12, 2017, the fifth edition of the Dutch National eScience Symposium will take place in the Amsterdam ArenA, The Netherlands. Read further...

High Performance Computing (HPC) storage and data analytics integrator, OCF, is supporting scientific research at the UK Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), with the design, testing and implementation of a new HPC, cluster and separate Big Data storage system. Read further...

Despite spending at least one quarter to one third a day sleeping, good sleep can elude many people, and the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders remains primitive. Osaka University researchers have designed new technology that uses machine learning to model a personal sleep pattern based on the sounds made during sleep. Because the sounds can be recorded at home with no fancy devices, it is expected that doctors using this technology could diagnose patients under normal sleeping conditions, which is expected to lead to better treatment. Read further...

Oracle is collaborating with Docker to release its flagship databases, middleware and developer tools into the Docker Store marketplace via the Docker Certification Programme. Together, Oracle and Docker enable developers to quickly build Cloud-native applications using Docker Enterprise Edition as their container platform and Oracle's databases and developer tools immediately available as Docker containers through the Docker Store. The Docker Certification Programme is a framework for partners to integrate and certify their technology to the Docker EE commercial platform. Read further...

IBM at DockerCon17 has launched plans to make Docker Enterprise Edition (EE) available for Linux on IBMz Systems, LinuxONE and Power Systems to provide organisations with advanced performance and flexibility in developing and deploying business-critical applications across a hybrid Cloud environment. Docker EE, a new version of Docker's container management platform, is designed to give developers and systems administrators a streamlined approach to building, running and operating applications at scale. Read further...