NCSA Video on Demand archive, page 8

Petascale Distributed Computing for Terascale Physics
Mark Neubauer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Posted: July 10, 2009

When Illinois physics professor Mark Neubauer discusses his work in physics and his collaboration with NCSA, the recurring theme is big -- big questions about the universe, big instruments generating big data, and the need for big computing resources to make big discoveries.

Running time: 57:02
Full-length Quicktime .mov (~275 MB)
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Cyber Connoisseurship: Tools to Aid Understanding of the Medieval French Book Trade
Anne Hedeman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Posted: July 10, 2009

Anne Hedeman, an Illinois professor of art history and medieval studies, worked with image analysis experts at NCSA to gain insights into the Medieval French book trade through close analysis of a collection of manuscripts.

Running time: 44:03
Full-length Quicktime .mov (~203 MB)
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Behind Blue Waters, volume 4
Brett Bode, NCSA
Posted: July 14, 2009

Brett Bode, software development manager for the Blue Waters project, discusses making it easier for researchers to move their scientific codes from other systems to the sustained-petascale supercomputer. He also talks about some of the new programming models that may be used for codes running on Blue Waters and partner institutions' work on performance tuning and software development models.

Running time: 5:48
Full-length Quicktime .mov (~27 MB)
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Genome-wide search for regulatory sequences in a newly sequenced genome: comparative genomics in the large divergence regime
Saurabh Sinha, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Posted: July 10, 2009

For NCSA Faculty Fellow Saurabh Sinha, a University of Illinois assistant professor of computer science, supercomputing resources were an essential resource for research into the genetic roots of honey bees' social behavior.

Running time: 57:35
Full-length Quicktime .mov (~289 MB)
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Behind Blue Waters, volume 3
John Melchi, NCSA
Posted: June 30, 2009

Senior Associate Director John Melchi gives a tour of the Illinois Petascale Computing Facility. This state-of-the-art data center will be home to Blue Waters -- the world's first sustained-petascale supercomputer for open scientific research -- and to future extreme-scale systems for decades to come.

Running time: 5:22
Full-length Quicktime .mov (~25 MB)
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