Monthly Archives: June 2006

The problem is the software – Jack Dongarra

By Deepak Singh | Published: June 24, 2006
At the Para 2006 conference in Umea, Sweden, Jack Dongarra from the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Labs gave a “state of the union” talk on parallel computing which I found rather interesting. For those who don’t know, Jack is a leading light in numerical algorithms and parallel computing, the focus of [...]
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Chris Anderson on the “Wisdom of Crowds”

By Deepak Singh | Published: June 22, 2006
I found this via Nascent. Read all about it at Nature.com. Chris also blogs about the article I respect Chris Anderson a lot. His concept of the Long Tail is something that I have come to appreciate and embrace. His insight into what constitutes scientific peer review makes for some interesting reading. [...]
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Microsoft releases its cluster solution

By Deepak Singh | Published: June 9, 2006
Bioinform is reporting that Microsoft has announced the release of Windows CCS, its first real HPC solution. The GA date for Windows CCS is August 2006. For someone who has always been into HPC and Linux clusters, my first reaction to Windows CCS when it was first announced was a combination [...]
Posted in Admin, BioIT, Computing, Informatics, Technology | 2 Comments

How “I am a scientist” became history

By Deepak Singh | Published: June 9, 2006
Genome Technology’s latest issue has some career counselling advice in the form of a Q&A, and a couple of the questions is about scientists and MBAs. Does a scientist need an MBA to pursue a career in a business track? In my opinion, the answer is usually no. First of all, some [...]
Posted in Business, Management, Marketing, Science | 4 Comments

Peer Review: Nature takes the lead

By Deepak Singh | Published: June 6, 2006
Timo Hannay has a post on Nascent about a debate on Peer Review that has been launched by Nature. Congratulations to Nature for taking the lead on this. Many of us in science have had our frustrations with the peer review process, and the fact remains that science and the way it is [...]
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