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17 October 2012

Keeping an eye on superfast transactions on Wall Street
Using a supercomputer to catch a supercomputer

Today, humans are generally removed from the process of trading on the financial markets; they have been replaced by algorithms and supercomputers. As such, trading speeds have progressed from microseconds to nanoseconds. Now, researchers are keeping up by using a supercomputer to catch a supercomputer.

Adrian Giordani
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Federating clouds to aid researchers

Matteo Turrilli, head of the EGI Federated Cloud Task Force, reports on his team's efforts to unite cloud computing infrastructures for the benefit of researchers.

Matteo Turilli
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Sharing science in the ‘collaboratory’

Scientists from across the globe are using the combined power of HUBzero and Pegasus Workflow Management System to create research hubs, where data, models, and ideas can be shared.

Ewa Deelman
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Next-generation electronics could self-heal
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Spotlight
Nobel Prize goes to quantum computing pioneers

The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2012 was awarded last week to Serge Haroche and David Wineland, for their ground-breaking experimental methods to measure and manipulate individual quantum systems. Wineland and his colleagues' work holds promise for the creation of practical quantum computers.

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A decade of iSGTW!

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