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May 21 | News
Popular firewall technology designed to boost security on cellular networks can backfire, unwittingly revealing data that could help a hacker break into Facebook and Twitter accounts, a new study from the University of Michigan shows. The researchers also developed an Android app that tells phone users when they're on a vulnerable network.
May 15 | News
Calculating the total capacity of a data network is a notoriously difficult problem. However, information theorists are beginning to make some headway. In a recently published paper, a team of information theorists have shown that in a wired network, network coding and error-correcting coding can be handled separately, without reduction in the network's capacity.
May 10 | News
In the online struggle for network security, Kansas State University cybersecurity experts are adding an ally to the security force: the computer network itself. The team is researching the feasibility of building a computer network that could protect itself against online attackers by automatically changing its setup and configuration.
May 7 | News
Many
U.S. Internet service providers have fallen in line with their
international counterparts in capping monthly residential broadband
usage. But according to a recent study conducted with the help of
Microsoft Research, these pricing models offer few tools for consumers
to manage their data usage, and lead to uninformed decisions.
May 4 | News
Using
off-the-shelf parts, a researcher in Canada has created a Star
Trek-like human-scale 3D videoconferencing pod that allows people in
different locations to video conference as if they are standing in front
of each other. Called TeleHuman, the device projects a full body image
that is viewable from 360 degrees.
Apr 2 | News
The international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will be the world’s
largest and most sensitive radio telescope when it is built, and will
require the processing power of several million of today’s fastest
computers to collect the exabytes of data it will generate. IBM and the
Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON) are embarking on a
five-year project to solve this data collection problem.
Feb 13 | News
According
to the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, the world’s
most powerful telescope—the Square Kilometre Array—will produce on
exabyte of data every day when it begins operation. Though still
awaiting construction, scientists involved in SKA are already planning
on how to deal with such a tremendous influx of information.
Jan 27 | News
According
to a report developed by medical professionals and technology experts
and released by the Bipartisan Policy Center last Friday, the effort by
hospitals and doctors’ office to go increasingly digital is being
hampered by the lack of progress in allowing computer systems to
exchange data the way financial companies do.
Jan 9 | White Papers
Konrad
Juethner, a software engineering consultant, recently used Windows HPC
Server to run cluster-based analysis with COMSOL Multiphysics using the
hardware he had available at home. His successful setup highlights a
high level of accessibility for advanced supercomputing approaches.
12/15/2011 | News
Researchers
at Rochester Institute of Technology and PPC Corp., Syracuse, N.Y.,
have developed a new sensor that, once installed in the connecting units
of coaxial cables, can find the exact location of cable damage through a
technology called back scatter telemetry.
