Game Changer: Implementation of the Markov Clustering Algorithm for Large-Scale Networks
Did you know that the tools used for analyzing relationships between social network users or ranking web pages can also be extremely valuable for making…
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Supercomputer Provides New Insight Into Black Hole Jets
Through first-of-their-kind supercomputer simulations, researchers, including a Northwestern University professor, have gained new insight into one of the most mysterious phenomena in modern astronomy: the…
NASA Issues a Challenge – High Performance Fast Computing Challenge
Improve the speed of computational fluid dynamics algorithms in NASA’s FUN3D software. A prize purse of up to $55,000 in overall cash prizes is available….
Supercomputers Simulate the Formation of Carbon-Rich Molecules in Space
Scientists from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have used a new generation of supercomputers to simulate how atoms in space might combine to form carbon-rich…
NASA Supercomputer Shows Exoplanet Making Waves in Nearby Debris Disk
Astrophysicists have created a new supercomputer simulation of the planet and debris disk around the Beta Pictoris. The new supercomputer model reveals that the planet’s…
A New Record in Supercomputing, Researchers Break Million-Core Supercomputer Barrier
The newly installed Sequoia IBM Bluegene/Q system at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories set a new record in computational science by successfully becoming the first supercomputer…
Correlator Supercomputer Designed to Run ALMA Radio Telescope Array
The Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) Correlator, a large supercomputer that was built in Chile to help radio astronomers, will be able to perform 17…
Titan, Possibly the World’s Most Powerful Supercomputer
Titan, the new supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Labs, may be the most powerful machine on Earth; but this won’t be confirmed for few more…
Mira Supercomputer Will Run Simulation of Our Universe
The advent of the Mira supercomputer, along with more powerful Sequoia and K supercomputers, marks the first time that computers have enough computational power to…