Yearly Archives: 2009

RENCI teams with DICE group to tame the data deluge

CHAPEL HILL, NC, July 16, 2009—Almost a year after the Data Intensive Cyber Environments (DICE) research group moved from the University of California at San Diego to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the internationally recognized research group has established deep ties to the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI).

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Clues to an astrophysical mystery: video

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Clues to an astrophysical mystery

A new Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) animation created from a mathematical model shows a black hole moving supersonically through an interstellar gas cloud. This phenomenon often occurs in multiple star systems, where a companion star provides the gas cloud. The gravity of the black hole pulls the gas inward. Early on in the process, a […]

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TR-09-02 Algorithms and Performance measurements for MotifNetwork analysis programs

Jeffrey L. Tilson, Gloria Rendon, and Eric Jakobsson. Algorithms and Performance measurements for MotifNetwork analysis programs, Technical Report TR-09-02, RENCI, North Carolina, July 2009.

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Bennet College Visit to RENCI: video

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NSF Science Academy students get hands-on look at RENCI visualization systems

What better way is there to understand information visualization systems than a first-hand demonstration at the RENCI engagement center at UNC Chapel Hill?

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Long-Term Recovery in New Orleans Following Hurricane Katrina

Title: Long-Term Recovery in New Orleans Following Hurricane KatrinaLocation: The Center for the Study of Natural Hazards and Disasters, 100 Europa Dr. Suite 540Link out: Click hereDescription: The speaker is Bruce Glavovic of Massey University, New Zealand. Dr. Glavovic will be discussing his recent work on long-term recovery in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast […]

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How to handle a Category 4 storm

Hurricane season officially began June 1, and while North Carolinians hope major storms will once again steer clear of our coast, the state’s emergency management division is taking no chances. The annual major hurricane exercise, a dry run practice of procedures to be followed during a real hurricane, was held June 17 at the Eastern […]

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Supermodels

(Credit: Staff at RENCI at UNC Asheville and RENCI at East Carolina University and Kevin Hill, NC State department of marine, Earth and atmospheric sciences, also helped to develop these animations) Hurricane season is upon us, and while no one can predict how many storms will blow our way this year, RENCI has worked to […]

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Grid-enabled virus hunting

DNA sequencing and sequence analysis happens daily in many biological sciences laboratories, but analyzing large sets of genetic data increasingly requires computing resources beyond the capabilities of most labs.

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