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Barcelona, eScience and cloud computing

Barcelona, eScience and cloud computing

The Barcelona Supercomputing Centre (BSC) is taking part in a pioneering EU Framework Programme 7 project on cloud computing , Venus-C - a... More
Microsoft's Barcelona Research Center

Microsoft's Barcelona Research Center

The Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) and Microsoft joined forces in 2008 to create the BSC-Microsoft Research Centre. More
European Union project to help scientific progress

European Union project to help scientific progress

Sahara dust forecasting, cancer genome sequencing or the design of computer’s next generation of microprocessors are among the scientific... More
Barcelona and the future for the cloud

Barcelona and the future for the cloud

A converted chapel in Barcelona is the home for a supercomputing centre that is helping to revolutionise the way we will use cloud computing. More

Meet the new biology

Biologists have long had to fight against the idea that theirs is a ‘soft’ science. Now, armed with tools from computer science, they are... More
The Trento algorithm: A research recipe from Italy

The Trento algorithm: A research recipe from Italy

Take an ancient town, a new university, Microsoft Research and a fresh approach to computational systems biology. Mix well. Then apply… More
Computing the energy problem

Computing the energy problem

In May 2009, a Brussels seminar examined the potential of computers to save energy – and the obstacles to realising that potential. More
Life support for the planet: Trees and climate change

Life support for the planet: Trees and climate change

Software tools that help researchers to study the role of forests in climate change could make it easier to understand a wide variety of natural and... More
EMBL’s Peer Bork recognised for work in bioinformatics

EMBL’s Peer Bork recognised for work in bioinformatics

Peer Bork, who heads a team of bioinformatic researchers at the Heidelberg, Germany- based European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), has been... More
HiBi workshop seeks answers to model questions

HiBi workshop seeks answers to model questions

Fifty-five researchers met in Trento, Italy, in October to look for collaborative solutions to the limitations that are emerging in the way that... More
The swarm is coming… Making molecular computing a reality

The swarm is coming… Making molecular computing a reality

Inspired by biology, Klaus-Peter Zauner is working on a radically new kind of computer. More
Going to extremes: The Research Information Centre

Going to extremes: The Research Information Centre

A joint venture between Microsoft Research and the British Library is looking to address the needs of researchers as ‘extreme information... More
How creativity toolkits and virtual collaborative environments accelerate each other

How creativity toolkits and virtual collaborative environments accelerate each other

Computing pervades everyday life: whether used in business or leisure, by individuals or communities, it offers opportunities for new ways of living... More
Verifying 50,000 lines of C code

Verifying 50,000 lines of C code

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When computers come to the aid of mathematics

When computers come to the aid of mathematics

“Mathematics must make a great leap forward”: this is the challenge that Georges Gonthier has set himself. More
Europe’s place on the IT map

Europe’s place on the IT map

In the global village, goes the standard economic theory, every region should have its own set of specialised skills to trade with the rest of the... More
Pushing the boundaries in graphics hardware

Pushing the boundaries in graphics hardware

The folks at RARE, one of the iconic pioneers in computer gaming, like to joke that the quiet surrounds of their headquarters, deep in the UK... More
“What if …?” - Breaking new ground in enterprise resource planning visualisation

“What if …?” - Breaking new ground in enterprise resource planning visualisation

What if you could get assistance for your complicated business decisions by simply going through various What-If scenarios and having them visualised... More
Sophisticated graphic website and advert-tracking software set for 2008 launch

Sophisticated graphic website and advert-tracking software set for 2008 launch

The phenomenal growth of online advertising is driving demand for smarter tools to track results: enabling advertisers to see clearly how many people... More
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