Eric Brewer, University of California, Berkeley, from Computing Research that Changed the World: Reflections and Perspectives, March 25, 2009,

Larry Smarr, University of California, San Diego; from Computing Research that Changed the World: Reflections and Perspectives, March 25, 2009

Henry Markram, Ph.D., Director of the Blue Brain Project at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Jacob Taylor, a young physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has made pioneering scientific discoveries that in time could lead to significant advances in health care, communications, supercomputing, and technology. As a fellow of the Joint Quantum Institute at NIST since 2009, the 34-year-old Taylor has conceived a number of original theories, including a way to vastly improve magnetic resonance imaging to enable probing down to the cellular and molecular levels. This approach holds the promise of providing detailed information that could lead to far better diagnoses, more targeted medical treatments for patients and rapid turnaround for drug discovery.

IBM Senior Software Engineer and Master Inventor Charles Archer works on supercomputing and networking technologies. He has more than 150 patents, many of which contribute to supercomputer energy efficiency.

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Olivier David talks about Bull and Allinea Software