CHEMISTRY

The Cornell Theory Center (CTC) is demonstrating its latest research and development, software, and technologies at SC05, held at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center, from November 12-18. In addition, four members of CTC’s staff were invited to present “Introduction to .NET and Web Services” as a tutorial at this year’s conference. CTC’s exhibit will showcase data-centric research conducting using Windows-based high-performance computing and Intel processors. Eight demonstrations, covering topics ranging from data-intensive computing to bioinformatics, agriculture to videoconferencing, and job scheduling to fracture mechanics, will be presented during the conference. Specifically, the demonstrations, which will take place in CTC’s research exhibit in booth number 812 as well as in the Microsoft and Unisys exhibits, include the following: • Data-Intensive Computing Research used to pinpoint pulsars Research that will ultimately be used to locate the nearly extinct Right Whales Research used to develop high resolution climate data for the northeast Fracture mechanics research used to improve the military’s operational readiness Infrastructure for tracking research efforts and results: a Laboratory Information Management System • Windows-Based Bioinformatics In-depth explanation of tools available for bioinformatics researchers using Windows Illustration of a Web site created for bioinformatics researchers using Windows • CTC R&D Velocity Scheduler Deploying Web Services • Outreach Using SciCentr/SciFair to introduce students to technology and science ConferenceXP • Three-Dimensional Viewing with Stereo Wall Adds New Dimensions • Microsoft’s Cluster Compute Edition (poster session only) In addition, CTC is highlighting work that has been visualized in our CAVE, the world’s first Windows/Intel multi-wall, stereo, immersive virtual reality environment for viewing scientific, engineering, architectural, and art applications that helps scientists explore their data visually using Microsoft Windows. “At CTC, we continue to introduce innovative and strategic options for handling computationally- and data-intensive applications,” said Tony Ingraffea, acting director of CTC. “CTC’s resources have been instrumental in a variety of recent scientific breakthroughs. With high-performance computing, researchers have predicted rocket engine component failures using Web services and a geographically-distributed grid, identified genes associated with retinal degenerative disease in dogs, and pinpointed exotic pulsars in the Milky Way galaxy.” CTC has been a pioneer in the high-performance computing arena for two decades, focusing from the start on parallel computation. For more information, visit its Web site.