Digging up FOSLS

June 4, 2007

If you’ve ever unknotted a gnarled garden hose to let water flow freely, you may have an elementary feeling for… Read More

Code collaboration

June 4, 2007

Ravi Samtaney knew computer resources beyond anything practically available would be required to run codes he designed to simulate a… Read More

Filling cavities virtually

April 16, 2007

Building a particle accelerator is no small undertaking. These huge closed-loop devices can run for miles underground. Inside, scientists generate… Read More

Message passing passage

April 16, 2007

The high-performance computers that enable today’s cutting-edge science would be radically different – and less efficient – if some dedicated experts hadn’t… Read More

Burning questions

April 16, 2007

Next time you’re presented with a birthday cake, try blowing gently on the candles before giving the big, out-they-all-go puff.… Read More

Putting the pieces together

April 16, 2007

In a project that harks back to the days of computer pioneer John Von Neumann, scientists at Sandia National Laboratories… Read More

Sniffing out bad code

April 16, 2007

When Bart Miller became interested in code debugging, he had no idea it would lead him into the world of… Read More

Calculating error pollution

April 16, 2007

J. Tinsley Oden of the University of Texas has a favorite quote from German science philosopher Hans Reichenbach: “If error… Read More

Speed demon

April 16, 2007

As Todd Munson writes computer code and develops algorithms – mathematical recipes – he gets the greatest kick out of making his… Read More

MADNESS makes sense

April 16, 2007

George Fann says there’s no hidden meaning behind the name he and his fellow researchers chose for their scientific software… Read More