LEADER Contents Quantum biology 6
Quantum computing is opening up new possibilities to drug discovery and helping to develop treatments for cancer, writes Eugenia Bahit
The art of equitable and eco-friendly data
Resham Kotecha explains how the Open Data Institute responds to global challenges surrounding critical data infrastructures
Greener supercomputing 12 with quantum
Yuval Boger gives his thoughts on how quantum computing can support large-scale research and lead to more sustainable computing architecture
Sustainable HPC
Mark Stickells outlines a vision for a greener future for HPC in Australia
Drug discovery and AI 18
The increasing use of AI promises to revolutionise drug discovery, accelerating discovery pipelines and making it cheaper to create new drugs, writes Robert Roe
14 10 Powering ahead 22
Optimisation and next-gen AI are driving the automotive industry forward, writes Gemma Church
Silicon photonics 26
Silicon photonics could deliver the next paradigm shift in computing performance, writes Robert Roe
Tech focus: networking
Tech focus: healthcare software
A round-up of healthcare software available to scientists Tech focus: cloud
A round-up of cloud technologies available to HPC users
News Suppliers breakthroughs
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a feature looking at the potential for this technology to revolutionise drug discovery and open up new possibilities for research. Next, we have another feature exploring the use of AI, this time in the simulation of automotive vehicles. Specifically, software companies incorporate domain knowledge into machine learning models to understand how to better the physics of automotive systems. Silicon photonics is the focus on page 26, with an in-depth look at the silicon photonics market and its potential impact on research computing. In this application, photonics technology offers huge increases in computing performance by accelerating networking capabilities and removing the memory bottleneck for HPC and AI systems.
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