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UNC researchers awarded up to $10M to leverage data science to accelerate cancer diagnosis and optimize delivery of precision oncology

A team of UNC-Chapel Hill researchers has been awarded up to $10 million in Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) funding to develop the Cancer Identification and Precision Oncology Center (CIPOC). The project is designed to improve cancer diagnosis and support personalized treatments by quickly aggregating and analyzing a wide range of health data, […]

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GRAU DATA joins the iRODS Consortium

GRAU DATA, a software company headquartered in Schwaebisch-Gmuend, Germany, has joined the iRODS Consortium, the membership-based organization that leads development and support of the integrated Rule-Oriented Data System (iRODS). Since 2007, GRAU DATA has developed software products that simplify the management and protection of data for companies, research institutions, and government agencies. With specialized solutions […]

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Leading data science expert joins RENCI as deputy director

Rebecca Boyles, MSPH, currently the founding director of the Center for Data Modernization Solutions at RTI International, will join the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as deputy director on June 24, RENCI Director Ashok Krishnamurthy, PhD, announced today. Boyles’ leadership of the Center for Data Modernization at […]

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What to expect at the iRODS 2024 User Group Meeting

The worldwide iRODS community will gather in Amsterdam, NL from May 28-31 Members of the iRODS user community will meet at the Amsterdam Science Park in Amsterdam, NL for the 16th Annual iRODS User Group Meeting to participate in four days of learning, sharing use cases, and discussing new capabilities that have been added to […]

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UNC Advances Hurricane-driven Flood Prediction Capabilities for Coastal Communities

On September 14, 2018, Hurricane Florence made landfall in the Wrightsville Beach area of coastal North Carolina. While the storm was a category 1, it caused catastrophic flooding throughout much of the state. The record amount of rain from the system combined with an already saturated soil. Rivers overflowed their banks, storm surge inundated coastal […]

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IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center joins the iRODS Consortium

IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center at VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, which is based in the Czech Republic, has become the newest member of the iRODS Consortium. The consortium brings together businesses, research organizations, universities, and government agencies from around the world to ensure the sustainability of the iRODS software as a solution for distributed storage, […]

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Exploring the power of distributed intelligence for resilient scientific workflows

New project led by USC Information Sciences Institute seeks to ensure resilience in workflow management systems Future computational workflows will span distributed research infrastructures that include multiple instruments, resources, and facilities to support and accelerate scientific discovery. However, the diversity and distributed nature of these resources makes harnessing their full potential difficult. To address this […]

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RENCI to showcase latest technological innovations at SC23

Every sector of society is undergoing a historic transformation driven by big data. RENCI is committed to transforming data into discoveries by partnering with leading universities, government, and the private sector to create tools and technologies that facilitate data access, sharing, analysis, management, and archiving. Each year, the Supercomputing conference provides the leading technical program […]

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RENCI awarded NSF grant to develop cyberinfrastructure training program for X-ray scientists

Enhancing the ability of scientists to use the latest computing and data tools will help quicken the pace of scientific discoveries RENCI scientists and collaborators from Cornell University and University of Southern California (USC) have been awarded a $1 million, three-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop an innovative training program for […]

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NSF FABRIC project announces groundbreaking high-speed network infrastructure expansion

FABRIC completes work on the TeraCore ring, creating a unique continental-scale experimental network capable of transmitting data at 1.2Tbps The NSF-funded FABRIC project has completed installation of a unique network infrastructure connection, called the TeraCore—a ring spanning the continental U.S.—which boasts data transmission speeds of 1.2 Terabits per second (Tbps), or one trillion bits per […]

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