Remember the first thinkweek paper, which I co-authored, I mentioned some time ago? Well, we got feedback from Bill Gates and it was positive :-) Bill only comments on a very small percentage of the thinkweek papers he receives. That email was a happy work moment :-) The subject of …
Cherie sent me this… Funny…
Just bought my 10-day pass Edge card for Whistler/Blackcomb. So, at least 10 days of skiing there. Can’t wait to try my new skis, bindings, and boots. I am planning to do lots of skiing this year. Of course I am also going to the local mountains but Whistler/Blackcomb is …
/**/ My group is interacting with scientists from all disciplines. We are trying to help them in their research endeavors through the use/application of technology. It is therefore necessary for us to keep informed about all technologies available; it is only then we can offer informed advise and talk about …
Hugo Hiden, NEReSC’s technical director, has started a blog, called “eScience Ramblings”, where he records his experiences with using Microsoft’s technologies while building solutions for eScience. I am really looking forward to reading more. So far it’s been great. I am going to be sending answers/suggestions to Hugo whenever I …
:-) “Work stealing”, “loop decomposition” at runtime to take advantage of the available hardware parallelism, “data parallelism”, “declarative programming for parallel computing”… It’s soooo cool to see these concepts really making it to mainstream computing. Paul and I worked on these ideas some years ago*, building on the previous great …
Wow!
I’ve been hanging on my failing iPod (it’s almost 3 years old now) for a while now, waiting for the new Zunes to arrive. Apparently they have been getting good comments out there, especially because the team opted to bring the new functionality to the v1 owners as well. As …
Isn’t the Web great? Saying ‘hi’ from Global Research Library 2020, as part of a demonstration on what the Web is all about and what it can do for the future of research.