
Should Scientists Use Microsoft’s Free Cloud Services Offerings?
Image via Wikipedia I am a strong proponent of using cloud computing for scientific research. Some of my posts on the topic are listed below. LHC Computing Grid and the New Era of Scientific Computing Cloud Computing and Science – Mathematica Embraces Cloud Computing Cloud Computing and Science – MATLAB on Clouds Amazon Tries to […]

Academic Research On Cloud Computing Gets Funded
According to HPC Wire, San Diego Supercomputer Center is getting funded by NSF for research on Cloud Computing. Researchers from the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, have been awarded a two-year, $450,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to explore new ways for academic researchers to manage extremely large data sets […]