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Episode 155: Eclipse Simulations
In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team discusses the eclipse and how researchers are using supercomputers to simulate the corona of the sun at eclipse time. Update: since we did not have the right camera equipment to record the eclipse, we bring you this simulation from Serena on Twitter: After that, we do our Catch of…
Read MoreEpisode 154: Biohacking in the News
In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks alarming new hacks of health care data. Henry points us to a story about a PET scanner hack that exploited Windows 7. He thinks a better design would be to have the device send data only. Shahin thinks that this kind of problem with I0T will require us…
Read MoreEpisode 153: A Second Look at Posit Computing
In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks at the problems with IEEE Floating Point. “As described in a recent presentation by John Gustafson, the flaws and idiosyncrasies of floating-point arithmetic “constitute a sizable portion of any curriculum on Numerical Analysis.” The whole thing has Dan pretty worked up, so we hope that the news of…
Read MoreEpisode 152: AI, Ethics, and Self-Driving Cars
In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team learns about Henry’s first exploit as an Ethical Superhero. “After witnessing a hit-and-run fender bender, Henry confronted the culprit and ensured that the miscreant left a note on the victim’s windshield. And while we applaud Henry for his heroism, we are also very grateful that he was not shot…
Read MoreEpisode 151: Cray Urika-GX Brings Graph Computing to Alan Turing Institute
In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team looks at why the Alan Turing Institute is focusing on Graph Computing with their acquisition of a Cray Urika-GX supercomputer. ‘Hosted at the University of Edinburgh in the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre (EPCC), the Cray Urika-GX system will provide researchers at the Alan Turing Institute with a dedicated analytics…
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