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Dan Drollette

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  • Changing of the guard April 27, 2011 - 4:01am
    With barbies, pirates and everything in between, iSGTW sure has kept Dan Drollette busy for three years. But now it's time to say goodbye.
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  • Simulating the multi-verse on the grid April 13, 2011 - 4:57am
    There are still big questions that need to be answered in cosmology. Modeling one universe can be a challenge in itself. But now, a PhD student has managed to create thousands of universes simultaneously using the grid to find answers. Read about how...
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  • All in good time February 2, 2011 - 5:12am
    A "Grid Job Failure" can throw a wrench in the best-laid plans. But the grid submission tool technical team can help.
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  • Feature - Data is big news October 13, 2010 - 1:00am
    Feature - Data is big news Members of the expert group, as well as commission officers; John Wood is standing in the center holding the report. Previous page: “Atomium” sculpture, from the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels. Images courtesy e-...
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  • Interview - Kostas Glinos peers into his crystal ball September 29, 2010 - 1:00am
    Interview - Kostas Glinos peers into his crystal ball Image courtesy Corentin Chevalier, eScienceTalk Kostas Glinos is a member of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for the Information Society and Media — and he just presented the...
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  • Feature - Volunteer computing helps rescue oiled Gulf Coast wildlife July 7, 2010 - 1:00am
    Feature - Volunteer computing helps rescue oiled Gulf Coast wildlife Map indicating position fo Deepwater Horizon oil spill as of June 8, and globally important bird areas considered most at risk. Image courtesy American Bird Conservancy. Click on image...
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  • Feature: Peer-reviewed physics, at the speed of light April 28, 2010 - 1:00am
    Q&A: Peer-reviewed physics, at the speed of light Sergio Bertolucci during an interview with a member of the Swedish press. Image courtesy Corentin Chevalier, GridTalk Sergio Bertolucci is the director for research and computing at CERN. Over the...
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  • Feature - Mean Shift Smoothie interprets medical images 66 times faster April 14, 2010 - 1:00am
    Feature - Mean Shift Smoothie interprets medical images 66 times faster One of the very first X-rays, taken by William Röentgen in 1896, and showing his wife’s hand. What is the dark blob on one finger?* Image courtesy Wikipedia *Answer at...
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  • Feature - Lights, camera, action: FilmGrid April 7, 2010 - 1:00am
    Lights, camera, action: FilmGrid Image courtesy FilmGrid Film-making is a very labor-intensive craft, relying upon the work of many people. This is especially true of the part known as “post-postproduction” — traditionally, that portion...
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  • Feature - Grant ensures sustainable future for software March 24, 2010 - 1:00am
    Feature - Grant ensures sustainable future for software HECToR, seen here, is the UK’s national supercomputer service, and is run by an organization called the EPCC.  Image courtesy HECToR A Software Sustainability Institute (SSI)  has...
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