Category: Networking and Communication

The Chameleon cloud testbed has sped development of PortHadoop-R, a portable Hadoop reader for parallel file systems which can integrate data transfer with data analysis. The NASA cloud library uses

A simulation of one of the detectors used in the MR-Linac system. Credit: Daniel O’Brien, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Radiation therapy shoots high-energy particles into the body

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Interactive Computing have come up with a novel computational approach that could provide a more cost- and resource-effective way for internet

Researchers led by Northeastern’s Alessandro Vespignani have developed a computational model to project the spread of the flu using Twitter posts in combination with key parameters of each season’s epidemic.

Credit: North Carolina State University Computer and social scientists have collaborated to develop a large data set on how group behavior and technology influence decision-making – and they want to

A crux of an outdoor climbing route (left) vs. one using fabricated holds (right). Credit: Dartmouth College Through a combination of 3-D modeling, digital fabrication and other techniques, a Dartmouth-led

Microscopic landscape of various types of cells—including tumour cells (in red). Credit: University of Warwick Cancer cells are to be detected and classified more efficiently and accurately, using ground-breaking artificial

Metadata is not ground truth. In the space of all possible partitions of a real-world social network, the lower peak corresponds to the social group partition given by the metadata.

Grid computing is a powerful form of distributed computing wherein a network of loosely coupled and geographically separated computers, typically of different computational powers, work together to perform data-intensive …

Virtual three-dimensional models of buildings and cities are used in an increasing number of situations, including systems such as driving and flying simulators and first responder training, internet maps, games,