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HPCwire has selected David Bader (CompSci & Eng) as one of their ‘People to Watch’ for 2012, a list comprised of an elite group of community leaders. A lead scientist in the DARPA Ubiquitous High Performance Computing (UHPC) program, his research is supported through highly competitive research awards. Source: HPCwire
A startup company based on technology developed at Georgia Tech offers a solution to the growing challenge of telephone security, and is quickly gaining traction from investors, financial services companies and the security industry
David Bader (CompSci & Eng) discusses the DARPA Anomaly Detection at Multiple Scales (ADAMS) program, which uses "Big Data" analytics to look for cleared personnel who might be on the verge of becoming internal security threats (video). Source: InsideHPC
David Bader (CompSci & Eng), now hailed officially as a "rock star" of high performance computing, has been fascinated by computers ever since he received his first one, a PDP-11/45, back in 1972. Source: InsideHPC
Can supercomputers help sniff out potential rogue employees before they do harm? David Bader (CompSci & Eng) and a multi-institutional team of researchers are using a DARPA grant to find out. Source: Defense Systems
A research team headed by Georgia Tech Professor of Chemistry David Sherrill has developed a computer program that can study larger molecules faster than any other program in existence. The analysis program is designed to improve knowledge about why certain molecules are attracted to each other and how those relationships can be "tuned" to improve drug development.
In the natural world, species that share the same ecosystem often compete for resources, resulting in the extinction of weaker competitors. Something similar happened as Internet protocols evolved, and Constantine Dovrolis (Computer Science) says designers of tomorrow's Internet would do well to understand it. Source: Scientific Computing
Ph.D. student Craig Tashman's LiquidText, which allows users to annotate, highlight and manipulate PDF content with multitouch gestures, may be the next major step toward making etextbooks more practical for students. Source: O'Reilly Radar
With thousands of users all over the world engaged in collaborative learning, it's no surprise that Ashwin Ram's (Interactive Computing) OpenStudy was voted the Best Student Participation winner in the OpenCourseWare People's Choice Awards. Source: Education-Portal.com
When disaster takes down communications infrastructure, text messages through LifeNet could cost 100 times less than when using satellite phones, says graduate student Hrushikesh Mehendale, who worked with Santosh Vempala (Computer Science) to design the system. Source: Huffington Post
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