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HPCwire: FutureGrid Team to Present Analysis of Virtualization in HPC

FutureGrid team aims to shed some much-needed light on how virtualization matters complicate (and in some cases extend) high-performance computing.

PTI's Geoffrey Fox Named Distinguished Professor

Director of the PTI Digital Science Center receives IU's most prestigious academic appointment.

Video from Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom 2010) available

PTI and the Digital Science Center hosted the IEEE CloudCom 2010 Conference in Indianapolis November 30-December 3. Video from this event is available here http://2010.cloudcom.org/

IU 'Twister' software improves Google's MapReduce for large-scale data analysis

PTI researchers introduce new tool to support faster execution of data mining applications implemented as MapReduce programs.

IU receives $1.5 million from NIH to explore cloud computing for use in health research

Researchers from the PTI Digital Science Center at IU have begun work on an innovative project that will use cloud computing techniques to support life science research.

PTI's Geoffrey Fox named among “People to Watch”

PTI's Geoffrey Fox has been named one of the high performance computing "People to Watch in 2010" by HPCwire. Read the announcement in HPCwire.

IU to establish FutureGrid collaborative test bed for next-generation scientific supercomputing

National leaders in cloud and grid computing work together to define the future of scientific supercomputing.
View video highlights of project kickoff.

Video Feature: FutureGrid project kickoff

Scientists, researchers, and staff celebrate IU's $10.1 million dollar NSF grant for FutureGrid: Cloud and Grid Research Testbed to define the Future of Scientific Computing. View video highlights. Also watch FutureGrid award media announcement.

Keeping cool: Polar Grid summer interns develop collaborative space for scientists

Visitng undergrads from Elizabeth City State University are exploring the value of social networks for scientific collaboration

Science on Ice

PTI’s Polar Grid project is helping scientists answer critical questions about Earth’s disappearing polar ice.