Content about software

May 29, 2013

Last week, the results of a survey were published in the journal Scienceshowing that many non-scientific factors often come into play when researchers select software for modeling and other purposes. Could researchers' inability to weigh up the relative pros and cons of the software alternatives available to them based on their scientific merits be undermining the scientific method?

May 1, 2013

Accelerated code cuts time and cost of seismic modeling

With access to significantly more computational power, researchers can provide more accurate earthquake predictions with the potential to save lives and minimize property damage. Read about advances in developing code to cut both research times and energy costs in simulating seismic hazards.

March 20, 2013

Playing mind games

Calling all citizen scientists. With the exploding availability of data, the need for analysis is steadily becoming a bottleneck in many scientific pursuits. Read about a project aimed at bringing neuroscience to the masses in a way that may surprise and inspire you to take part.

March 6, 2013

The eyes have it

There is a very real and growing disparity between the ability to capture data and the ability to analyze and visualize it, and turn it into usable intelligence. Read about efforts to aid organizations and agencies in making sense of what they see.

February 27, 2013

A surprising twist to protein misfolding

Using software to predict how proteins fold at the molecular level, scientists have discovered new information about misfolding and the submolecular level energies involved. Read about the open source software used for simulations, and the potential implications for treatment of degenerative diseases.

February 27, 2013

Temperature’s control on the biome

How much of an impact does temperature have on biological systems? Scientists at Oregon State University, US, are investigating. A grant from the US National Science Foundation will enable continuous thermal imaging from enzymes to ecosystems.

February 13, 2013

CERN and Oracle celebrate 30 years of collaboration

On Friday 1 February, 2013, CERN and Oracle celebrated 30 years of collaboration. In addition to providing hardware and software to CERN for three decades, Oracle has now been involved in the CERN openlab project for 10 years.

February 6, 2013

Standing on the shoulders of software developers

Last week's SciencePAD workshop, held at CERN, examined ways to ensure scientific software stays citable and sustainable over the long term.

January 30, 2013

Bang goes the simulation!

Four creative computer scientists are to be awarded a 'Tech Oscar' next month for creating an algorithm that enables film animators to create realistic smoke effects. It is set to be used in both the upcoming Iron Man 3 and Man of Steel movies.

January 23, 2013

New models help reveal details of supernova and remnants

In their initial phases of research on supernovae, two scientists at the University of Texas at Arlington, US, are trying something new – using SNSPH computer code to develop 3D simulations of a core-collapse supernova evolving into remnants.

January 16, 2013

Using computational models to develop patient-specific treatments

Current medical practice lacks the ability to fully assess the risk of rupture for an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Likewise, many key parameters vary widely among people. Using the resources of the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, US, Ender Finol is developing computational models that help determine when surgical intervention is necessary.

January 9, 2013

Big data, bigger view: Advanced visualization for the humanities

As exponentally expanding sets of digitized text, audio, and image resources create new opportunities for research and scholarship in the humanities, the ability to visualize and explore these large data sets is critical to research. Find out about one open source tool advancing visualization for the humanities and revealing resolutions and scales never before seen.

November 28, 2012

How can computational science surpass the software error plateau?

Due to the complexity of modern computational science, increasing software errors in code are causing the retraction of research papers in major journals. Now, the RunMyCode project offers a platform to reproduce a published paper's code and data that may be the key to not only reduce errors, but could open the door to better quality science across all research fields.

October 24, 2012

Exploring models with Crazy Coconut

Meet 'Crazy Coconut', the newest version of OpenMOLE, a generic workflow engine which is helping spare computers get put to use improving simulation models.

August 8, 2012

Can art impact science?

wordcollider from Moritz Heller on Vimeo.

August 8, 2012

Open data and open science enter the mainstream

The new e-Science Briefings by iSGTW's dissemination partner e-Science Talk on open data and access is out. Now, governments and publishers realize that science has to be truly open to improve.

February 2, 2011

All in good time

A "Grid Job Failure" can throw a wrench in the best-laid plans. But the grid submission tool technical team can help.

February 2, 2011

The beauty of software

If you are the kind of person that thinks software development is lifeless and dull, think again. A vivid method of visualizing programmers as they collaborate is taking shape on the web. ‘Gource’ displays software projects as an animated tree that dynamically changes as the respective project does, albeit speeded-up.

January 27, 2011

ICPT School, 11-22 April, Trieste, Italy

Event Starts: 11 April 2011

Event Ends: 22 April 2011

Location: Trieste - Italy

Venue: AGH (Kastler Lecture Hall)

Organizer(s): Directors: Stefano Cozzini, Antun Balaz, Giuliano Taffoni

Application deadline: 15 January 2011

January 26, 2011

Opinion: Future Leaders of Software Engineering

Why are the new breed of software engineers acquiring their skills through 'informal' training? Who will fill the declining enrollment of university software engineering programs and the much needed technical leaders of the future - find out more here.