Issue 127 December 2012/January 2013 CONTENTS
Laboratory Informatics News and products
From farm to fork
Tree industry professionals comment on the role of informatics within agriculture
Statistical Science Going places
Felix Grant turns his attention to transport statistics
High-Performance Computing News and products
Interconnects in HPC
We are starting to see a shiſt back to Ethernet for many systems. Paul Schreier reports
Getting the science done, faster
Tom Wilkie offers a personal view of the themes and emerging trends at SC12
Modelling and Engineering News and products
Powering the future
Beth Harlen explores the role of simulation in the development of alternative energy technologies
Resources Suppliers’ directory
Inside view 19 9
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Innovation continues
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As 2012 comes to a close, it’s the perfect time to reflect back on what has been an eventful year. Innovations, company consolidations, and fluctuating demands are changing the way we look at scientific computing. Tere's no space to list everything here, but at
www.scientific-
computing.com, you can stay apprised of breaking news, new products and opinion pieces, and also explore our archives and look back at everything that has come together to shape our industry. In this particular issue of Scientific
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Computing World, experts comment on the role of informatics within agriculture, Felix Grant reports on the application of statistics within transport (p. 9), Paul Schreier turns his attention to re-emergence of Ethernet within HPC (p. 14) and I explore the ways in which modelling and simulation tools are aiding the development of alternative energy technologies (p. 25). Tere was plenty of innovation on display at the supercomputing conference SC12 in Salt Lake City in November, and Tom Wilkie gives his personal view of developments on page 19.
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