LEADER Contents HPC connects in Denver
Robert Roe reports back from SC17 conference Life, the universe, and computing
Robert Roe reports on the SC17 conference keynote GPUs are here to stay
Laboratory informatics An artificial future
Drowning in data
David Wang on providing maximum value in the lab Data lakes and cloud computing
Data needs to be continually enriched and augmented with learnings, writes Paul Denny-Gouldson
Profile: Collaborative Drug Discovery
Sophia Ktori reveals the informatics company’s history – and plans for the future
Modelling and simulation Pushing the envelope
Driving insight Robert Roe looks at advances in automotive simulation
Resources News
l HPC to translate lesser-known languages l Manuscript writer creates scientific abstracts l Nvidia optimises HPC applications
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www.scientific-computing.com | @scwmagazine 18 David Yipp provides his take on GPU technology’s place in HPC December 2017/January 2018 l Issue 157
High performance computing Integrating intelligence
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Elsevier’s Jabe Wilson predicts radical changes in the ways AI will be used in scholarly communications
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ambitions In November I attended SC17 – in the Mile High City of Denver, Colorado for the largest US conference and exhibition dedicated to high performance computing. The event showcases an exhibition of the latest HPC technology and services and a comprehensive technical programme covering a mixture of technical papers, research posters, tutorials, workshops dedicated to showcasing the latest research in HPC. On page 7 you can see the first
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Gemma Church wonders if driverless cars and big data are quietly overhauling modelling and simulation
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report covering SC17 which, this year, was based on the theme ‘HPC connects’. This theme was highlighted by SC general chair, Bernd Mohr, as he delivered encouraging words about the importance of HPC before the keynote address which focused on the work and computing behind the Square Kilometre Array (covered on page 8). The SC17 keynote presentation – life, the universe and computing – detailed the immense computing power required by this international scientific project and also the challenges that the researchers hope to address with the data that is collected. In this issue on page 14, we feature
Elsevier’s, Jabe Wilson, who gives us his opinion on the way that AI will be used in scholarly communications. On page 16, IDBS’ Paul Denny-Gouldson sees data lakes and cloud computing as the answer to increasing amount of data collected and analysed by laboratories. On page 18, Sophia Ktori profiles laboratory informatics company CDD and finds that managing the data required for modern drug discovery requires software that can put data at scientists’ fingertips.
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