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Communications of the ACM, Volume 46, Issue 7

Pages 25 - 27

https://doi.org/10.1145/792704.792724

Published: 01 July 2003 Publication History

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For scientists and engineers tapping the NSF's high-performance cyberinfrastructure, the path to wisdom follows a route both miraculous and familiar.

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From terabytes to insights
1. Applied computing
  1. Life and medical sciences
  2. Physical sciences and engineering
2. Computer systems organization

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Communications of the ACM Volume 46, Issue 7

A game experience in every application

July 2003

129 pages

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EISSN:1557-7317

DOI:10.1145/792704

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Venters WKyriakidou‐Zacharoudiou A(2012)Interventionist grid development projects: a research framework based on three framesInformation Technology & People10.1108/0959384121125434925:3(300-326)Online publication date: 17-Aug-2012
https://doi.org/10.1108/09593841211254349
Zhang JZhai JChen WZheng W(2009)Process Mapping for MPI Collective CommunicationsProceedings of the 15th International Euro-Par Conference on Parallel Processing10.1007/978-3-642-03869-3_11(81-92)Online publication date: 23-Aug-2009
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-642-03869-3_11
Hibbard WRueden CEmmerson SRink TGlowacki DWhittaker TMurray DFulker DAnderson J(2005)Java distributed components for numerical visualization in VisADCommunications of the ACM10.1145/1047671.104767648:3(98-104)Online publication date: 1-Mar-2005
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1047671.1047676

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