Yearly Archives: 2008

TR-08-04 North Carolina Coastal Flood Analysis System Computational System

Brian O. Blanton. North Carolina Coastal Flood Analysis System Computational System. Technical Report TR-08-04, RENCI, North Carolina, September 2008.

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TR-08-03 Workflows for Performance Evaluation and Tuning

Jeffrey L. Tilson, Mark S.C. Reed, and Robert J. Fowler. Workflows for Performance Evaluation and Tuning. Technical Report TR-08-03, RENCI, North Carolina, May 2008.

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TR-08-02 Stateful grid resource selection for related asynchronous tasks

Howard M. Lander, Robert J. Fowler, Lavanya Ramakrishnan, and Steven R. Thorpe. Stateful grid resource selection for related asynchronous tasks. Technical Report TR-08-02, RENCI, North Carolina, April 2008.

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TR-08-01 MAESTRO: Program Thread and Synchronizaton Interface (version 0.1)

Allan Porterfield. MAESTRO: Program Thread and Synchronizaton Interface (version 0.1) Technical Report TR-08-01, RENCI, North Carolina, March 2008.

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NC counties could win weather stations through RENCI Weather Web project

CHAPEL HILL, NC, January 24, 2008 – Counties in North Carolina that lack weather stations–and therefore lack detailed weather data–will have the chance to acquire a research and operational grade weather station through a new RENCI project aimed at enhancing weather-related K-12 education and at improving the quantity and quality of weather data in underserved […]

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RENCI joins CineGrid digital media community

CHAPEL HILL, NC, January 23, 2008–A new RENCI partnership will give North Carolina the opportunity to contribute digital films, scientific visualizations, and filmed performances to a worldwide network of high-resolution digital media content.

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Google’s Michael Jones next speaker in RENCI lecture series

CHAPEL HILL, NC, January 18, 2008 – The Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) is presenting another lecture in its “Distinguished Lecture Series.” Michael Jones, chief technology advocate of Google, will speak on Feb. 21 at the FedEx Global Education Center on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Jones’ lecture, Informing the […]

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Ocracoke doubles its power

CHAPEL HILL, NC–RENCI’S IBM Blue Gene®/L computing system will double its size and power in February with the addition of another 1,024 compute nodes. The upgraded system, named Ocracoke after the oldest active lighthouse in North Carolina, will consist of 2,048 compute nodes and will have a peak performance of 11.4 teraflops, meaning it will […]

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RENCI hosts open house for new UNC engagement center

CHAPEL HILL, NC, January 14, 2008 – The Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) will host an open house for its new engagement center at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill on Thursday, Feb. 7, featuring state-of-the-art visualization technology and collaboration tools.

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Grid School offers support for using OSG, TeraGrid

Applications are now being accepted for the 2008 Tuskegee Grid School (TUGS ’08) to be held Feb. 6 – 8 at Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL. Undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, educators and professionals in any scientific discipline are eligible to attend. Applicants should have at least intermediate programming skills (one to two semesters in C/C++, […]

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