LEADER Contents Predicting protein structure
DeepMind has announced a new tool in AI research, Robert Roe reports
Oiling the wheels in Dallas
The US supercomputing conference was celebrating its 30th birthday this year in Texas
Laboratory informatics Applying AI
Sophia Ktori completes her two-part series on the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare research
Modelling and simulation Simulation driven design in Paris
We report on developments in multiphysics simulation at the Global Altair Technology Conference
The new age in data security
Dr Andrew Shields highlights the importance of quantum cryptography in ensuring the future of data security
Simulating medical devices
Gemma Church reports on the use of simulation software in the design of medical devices
Resources News
l Birmingham to deploy AI cluster l Inspur and Intel to collaborate l Autodesk teams up with Nasa laboratory
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www.scientific-computing.com | @scwmagazine 18 16 8 December 2018/January 2019 l Issue 163
Robert Roe Editor
High performance computing Ray of light
The cost of cloud computing is coming down and potential uses are on the rise, writes Robert Roe
7 4 Artificial gets real
In final issue of 2018, AI continues to be a strong theme across all three core sections of the magazine as the technology weaves its way into every facet of scientific research. On page 4 we have a feature looking
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at the falling costs and increasing use cases for HPC in the cloud, which is driving adoption of this technology. On page 7 we take a look at Google’s DeepMind, which has been creating some interest as it recently announced a new AI technique to predict protein structure.
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conference in Dallas, Texas. This year the conference broke records for attendance and celebrated its 30th anniversary. As in previous years the exhibition provided a host of new products and services for the HPC industry, and there was also an increased AI presence in 2018. Our laboratory informatics coverage begins on page 10 with the conclusion of Sophia Ktori’s two-part feature on the use of AI in healthcare. In this issue Sophia looks at some of the fundamental healthcare applications that can be assisted by implementation of AI technology. On page 14 we have a report from the Global Altair Technology Conference, held in Paris, France. Altair announced the acquisition of SimSolid at the event and also called for greater integration of multiphsyics across their software portfolio.
On page 16 we have an article
from Toshiba’s Andrew Shields on the importance of quantum cryptography in ensuring data security in the future. On page 18 Gemma Church focusses on the use of modelling and simulation technology in the design and validation of medical devices.
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