Sun Computational Biology SIG Newsletter - 7 April 2005

3.5 day application tuning workshop, DTU (Denmark) 17-20 May 2005

Hosted by the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) in Denmark, a Sun Center of Excellence, located in Lyngby (a little north of Copenhagen). http://www.hpc.dtu.dk/announce/HPC20050517_en.shtml

The dates are May 17-May 20, 2005.

Topics covered: single processor performance, the Sun compilers and performance analyzer, automatic parallelization, OpenMP and MPI. In addition to the talks there will be ample opportunity to get hands on experiences in the lab sessions.

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Solaris x64 and x86 Libraries

http://apstc.sun.com.sg/popup.php?l1=research&l2=projects&l3=s10port&f=applications

Over the last few months, Sun APSTC has been tasked to produce libraries for Solaris x64 or for x86 platform for HPTC. Feedback and comment are welcome.

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Sun Studio 10 software and Solaris 10 OS -- Dynamic Duo Delivers Blistering Benchmark Results on Sun Fire Servers

http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2005-03/sunflash.20050330.1.html

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Special Matching Grants for Academic Customers in the US

At Sun, we believe in the power of education, and we invest in helping you achieve your mission. For a limited time, Sun Microsystems is offering special matching grants to support academic and research computing in the United States.

* For a limited time, get 50 percent off the list price on selected products! Take advantage of this opportunity before May 31, 2005!

* This offer is for academic and research computing only; systems purchased under this program are not for administrative or infrastructure purposes.

http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/edu/promotions/matchinggrant/

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Prof. Christoph Sensen (U. Calgary, a Sun COE in Visual Genomics) Named iCORE/Sun Microsystems Industrial Research Chair

March 15, 2005

Alberta building expertise in virtual reality computing

Research programs valued at $2.7 million being launched in Edmonton and Calgary

Edmonton and Calgary... Alberta continues to build expertise in virtual reality computing with the announcement of two new iCORE industrial research chairs at the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary. The research chairs will focus on technology that can be used in a variety of areas, including designing engineering prototypes, testing medical procedures and conducting scientific research.

Ten years ago, the much-hyped idea of virtual reality was limited to rare prototypes. The new iCORE/TRLabs Industrial Research Chair in Virtual Collaborative Environments will move these ideas toward reality. Dr. Pierre Boulanger, a professor at the University of Alberta, will lead the $1.7 million research program supported by iCORE, TRLabs and other industry and university partners.

In the area of medicine, new tools to virtually create and work in the human body will be developed by Dr. Christoph Sensen at the University of Calgary. He has been awarded an iCORE/Sun Microsystems Industrial Research Chair to lead a $1 million research program in applied bioinformatics.

"This investment is another milestone in the long-standing relationship between Sun and iCORE," said Lynne Zucker, Director of Education and Research Markets, Sun Microsystems of Canada Inc. "Sun's work with iCORE aligns well with our commitment to innovation, and once again raises Alberta's profile on the information and communications technology world stage."

Note: full press release attached.

For further information contact:
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Mary Anne Moser, iCORE (403) 949-3306 Karen Thomas, University of Calgary (403) 220-2431

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Upcoming Sun Sponsored Computational Biology Events

International Symposium on Web Services for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. Blacksburg, VA. May 26-27
www.conted.vt.edu/webconference.vbi/ Join Sun and the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (a Sun COE) to learn about web service deployments to solve the challenges of computational biology.

International Workshop for Neuroimaging and Genomics. Santorini, Greece. May 8-12. www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/iwng/ IWNG focuses on the integration of neuroimaging and genomic information about brain development and disease.

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