Read article 'Workshop tackles GLOBUS and Grid'
Workshop tackles GLOBUS and Grid
The Grid, a highly distributed computing environment that is seen by many as a step beyond the World Wide Web, is catalysing many new computing developments.
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Read article 'Meeting the ALICE data challenge'
Meeting the ALICE data challenge
Imagine trying to record a symphony in a second. That is effectively what CERN's ALICE collaboration will have to do when the laboratory's forthcoming Large Hadron Collider (LHC) starts up in 2005.
Read article 'Where did the ‘No-go’ theorems go?'
Where did the ‘No-go’ theorems go?
With quark-gluon calculations being extremely difficult, physicists have to use their ingenuity to get results. The most popular approach is to use powerful supercomputers to simulate a discrete sp...
Read article 'The grid is set to grapple with large computations'
The grid is set to grapple with large computations
Particle physics has always pushed computing and computing techniques to the limit - witness the World Wide Web developed at CERN. Continuing this tradition, particle physics at CERN will soon prov...
Read article 'Computer control of physics is increasing'
Computer control of physics is increasing
Control by computer was once the domain of major facilities like particle accelerators. With these methods now being used across the board, a recent international conference on control systems for ...
Read article 'Computing is put on the MAP'
Computing is put on the MAP
The University of Liverpool has just commissioned a major computer system that is dedicated to the simulation of data for current and future scientific experiments.
Read article 'Weaving the Web – The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web by its Inventor'
Weaving the Web – The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web by its Inventor
James Gillies reviews in 2000 Weaving the Web - The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web by its Inventor.
Read article 'Neural computation points the way'
Neural computation points the way
Neural computation - analysing data by simulating the way the brain works - is another area of application where high-energy physics is in the vanguard of development.
Read article 'New data centre is opened at Brookhaven'
New data centre is opened at Brookhaven
Brookhaven and the State University of New York at Stony Brook have established a new centre for data-intensive computing at Brookhaven.
Read article 'The Gigabyte System Network is demonstrated at CERN'
The Gigabyte System Network is demonstrated at CERN
To mark the major international Telecom '99 exhibition in Geneva, CERN staged a demonstration of the world's fastest computer networking standard, the Gigabyte System Network.
