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Lance Farrell

Lance Farrell is the US desk editor for iSGTW

Recent articles by this author:

  • Internet2 Gender Diversity Initiative roundtable May 27, 2015 - 6:54am
    Part one of a free-wheeling conversation with organizers of the Internet2 Gender Diversity Initiative at the recent Internet2 Global Summit in Washington, DC.
  • How the NIH facilitates biomedical research: A conversation with George Komatsoulis May 20, 2015 - 4:33am
    At the recent Internet2 Global Summit iSGTW sat down with George Komatsoulis to talk about the state of distributed research and the NIH Commons, a scalable virtual environment to provide high-performance computing and data storage for bio-medical...
  • Mind over matter: Decoded EEG signals translate into grasp control May 13, 2015 - 6:11am
    Scientists at the University of Houston have shown the mind can triumph over matter. For the first time, researchers have demonstrated prosthetic grasping control can be inferred from EEG without invasive measures.  
  • Fine-tuning the corn genome: High-performance computers help eliminate bad mutations April 15, 2015 - 8:45am
    Mutations pose a risk to crop yields and our ability to feed a burgeoning population. With the aid of cloud computing clusters, Cornell researchers were able to predict where bad mutations are likely to occur. Genetic editing will remove these harmful...
  • Drawn to the sound: Supercomputers reveal phonon magnetism April 8, 2015 - 6:41am
    Using the Oakley supercomputer and a very small, frozen tuning fork, Joseph Heremans is rewriting our science textbooks. His computational research team has discovered that phonons — sound and heat particles — yield to magnetic fields.
  • Scientists use Mira to discover needle in zeolite haystack April 1, 2015 - 8:20am
    Naturally occurring crystalline structures called zeolites have the ability to separate molecules, speed chemical reactions, rearrange atomic bonds, and break down long chains of hydrogen and carbon atoms. Scientists screened a large database of...
  • Bioconductor: harmonizing distributed genomic analysis March 25, 2015 - 8:44am
      Big data opens doors previously closed to researchers, yet the volume of data sends scientists looking for analytical tools to bring order from the informational cacophony. Prior to tools like Bioconductor, there were few options for working...
  • An ethical take on big data analysis March 11, 2015 - 7:44am
    In a TED talk video, Altimeter industry analyst Susan Etlinger discusses the ethical implications of collecting big data, and gives her perspective on how to best analyze data that both extracts real insights and builds trust. iSGTW recently followed...
  • Enlisting supercomputers in the fight against breast cancer February 11, 2015 - 6:38am
    Scientists at the University of Rochester, in New York, US, have enlisted XSEDE supercomputers in quest to conquer breast cancer. Their analyses will improve diagnostic equipment and point the way to quicker diagnoses.
  • Unlocking the secrets of vertebrate evolution January 21, 2015 - 7:22am
    As high-performance computers reshape the future, scientists gain the next-generation tools enabling them to see deeper into the past. Paleobiologists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Indiana University look to these tools to rewrite the story...