access 02 An Expert Opinion Ready on day 1 Bob Fiedler & Bob Wilhelmson contents 24 News & Notes 28 Parting Shot 04 A stimulating test of abilities Collaborative teams are working now to ensure that a range of applications can take full advantage of Blue Waters when it comes online in 2011. 06 Q & A Realizing the dream Donna Cox and Kelly Searsmith 08 They love a challenge University of Illinois engineers use NCSA resources to score in an international data retrieval competition and to advance automatic speech and video recognition. by J. William Bell 02 Ready on day 1 Bob Fiedler Bob Wilhelmson 12 Exotic molecules Understanding of the chemical bonding of many elements has been fundamentally changed by chemists at the University of Virginia, who rely on NCSA resources to verify their results. by Barbara Jewett 16 Smart searching To address the need for more focused, faster searching, the Army and private companies teamed up with NCSA researchers. By Erika Strebel 19 Closing the gaps Biophysicists at the University of Pennsylvania used NCSA’s Abe to clarify a mysterious interaction between cholesterol and neurotransmitter receptors. by Barbara Jewett 22 Building toward Blue Waters NCSA has several systems that are being used as stepping stones for the sustained-petaflop system that will come online in 2011. 23 A new approach to structural analysis Instead of trying to create the best structure based on available materials, this design analysis determines what material properties would make the best structure. By Erika Strebel previous page next page