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April 24, 2013
Forecasting the wrath of a tsunami

Predicting where and when tsunamis are likely to hit shore has the potential to save many lives. At last month's International Symposium for Grids and Cloud Computing in Taipei, Taiwan, researchers presented iCOMCOT, a web-based portal which can be used to model the progression of tsunamis as they approach land.

 

May 11, 2011
The humanities, as lonely as a cloud

Distributed computing is only useful for the sciences, when there are large amounts of data or large amounts of computational power is required - right?

Think again. The humanities are overwhelmed with data as well, according to Sheila Anderson from King's College London, and also need to use grids to advance their field.

March 24, 2011
There is no such thing as Humanities

Humanities practitioners understand the benefits of the Grid, but they intend to use it in a fundamentally different way.

March 22, 2011
The pen is mightier than the sword

Earthquake detection now comes in small packages.

March 21, 2011
A question of trust

Is security an issue for volunteer computing?

March 16, 2011
Blogging live from Taipei

Straight from the lion’s mouth in Taiwan, it’s . . . GridCast!

March 16, 2011
iSGTW goes to Taipei

Image courtesy Andre Pierre Olivier, e-Science Talk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

January 28, 2011
ISGC 2011 Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, 21 - 25 March

The upcoming ISGC 2011 (International Symposium on Grids and Clouds 2011) conference, in conjunction with OGF31 (Open Grid Forum), will be held in Taipei, Taiwan from 21 - 25 March 2011. Please visit here to register for this joint event. We welcome you to register before 28 February 2011 to enjoy the Early Bird rates!