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Monday, April 23, 2007

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IU raises bar in supercomputing power with dedication of Big Red II

Indiana University confirmed its leadership in high performance, data-intensive computing by unveiling Big Red II, a powerful new supercomputer with a processing speed of one thousand trillion floating-point operations per second (one petaFLOPS).   Full Story >>

IU scientists expect Big Red II will accelerate new discoveries, broader partnerships

Indiana University's new supercomputer is expected to further advance international collaborations reliant on big data research at a time when the globalization of education, science and research is omnipresent.   Full Story >>

New tools available to mine world's largest digital repository of books

This week the HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC) announced the availability of data mining and analytics tools for the HathiTrust Digital Library, a collection of digital texts from over 70 research libraries around the world.   Full Story >>

IU’s Kuali Rice upgrade improves university workflow systems

Indiana University is pleased to announce its recent upgrade to Kuali Rice version 2.1.1. The new version brings additional features and improvements to a software system that touches vital university functions every day.   Full Story >>

Indiana University and Ivy Tech partner to increase technology support

Indiana University and Ivy Tech Community College have announced a technology support partnership to help college students use technology for increased success.   Full Story >>

NSF awards IU $3.82 million for Open Science Grid Operations Center

The National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy have renewed funding for the Open Science Grid project, providing $27 million from 2012 to 2016. Indiana University will receive $3.82 million of the award to continue running OSG's Operations Center, highlighting IU's noted expertise in grid computing and ability to deliver a reliable, secure, easy-to-use environment.   Full Story >>


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