Issue 152 February/March 2017 CONTENTS
Laboratory informatics A question of security
For functionality and security for externalised research, soſtware providers have turned to the cloud, writes Sophia Ktori
¡Paperless, por favor!
Tim Gillett looks ahead to this year's Paperless Lab Academy, to be held in Barcelona in April
High-performance computing Future technologies
Robert Roe investigates the use of technologies in HPC that could shape the design of supercomputers
A cloud is forming
Robert Roe investigates the growth in cloud technology Managing energy efficiency at NASA
Robert Roe discovers how NASA's supercomputing division is optimising energy efficiency
Applications Designing industrial vehicles 24 A look at the latest simulation techniques used in the design of industrial vehicles
Resources News
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bacteria behaviour Suppliers directory
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PAVING THE WAY TO POSITIVE CHANGE
Tis issue of Scientific Computing World arrives on your desk against a backdrop of political and environmental uncertainty. However, one thing is for certain: change is in the air. On page 4 Sophia Ktori
reports that upheaval in the informatics industry is being driven by cloud technologies and the pursuit of more collaborative approaches to informatics research. Cloud not only provides a tool for collaboration but increasingly it also offers a way to securely share data where across organisations or even within different teams within the same company. In HPC change is being driven by the pursuit of
next-generation supercomputing technologies and the race towards exascale. On page 13 we discover that ARM has taken a step towards becoming a mainstream player in HPC technology with news that the first ARM-based supercomputer is likely to be deployed within the next calendar year. In addition to the pursuit of exascale, the
HPC industry is also feeling the impact of new HPC-specific hardware that is enabling real HPC applications in the cloud. On page 18 we learn that HPC providers and even some of the major cloud companies are now adapting technology to suit the demanding workloads of HPC. On page 24 we explore the role of simulation
and modelling soſtware in designing and validation of industrial and commercial vehicles. Tis industry is seeing a number of advancements in terms which are driving developments. It is good to hear that NASA is helping to
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pave the way for more energy-efficient HPC systems. Behaving as ‘good stewards of the earth’ is a necessity – as William Tigpen, of the NAS supercomputing division, tells Scientific Computing World in the HPC profile on page 21. We could not agree more!
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