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At U-Michigan, mixing supercomputers and big data

September 23, 2015 by Laura Ascione

A new way of computing could lead to immediate advances in aerodynamics, climate science, cosmology, materials science and cardiovascular research. The National Science Foundation will provide $2.42 million…

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Universities turn focus to big data careers

September 11, 2015 by By Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

Over the next five years, the University of Michigan will invest $100 million in a new Data Science Initiative intended to help better connect students and faculty researchers…

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The biggest potential, and biggest challenge, to Big Data in higher ed

September 11, 2015 by By Troy Williams

The era of big data in higher education has arrived. However, it’s important for campuses to figure out how to properly capture, manage, and use this data wisely…

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Want to protect research data? Go multi-tiered

September 2, 2015September 1, 2015 by By Andrew Barbour

How many researchers have mislaid a USB hard drive and had that sinking feeling that months—or years—of work had simply evaporated? Yet, despite the risks, USB drives remain…

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U. Texas, Japan collaborate on next-gen data center

August 11, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Partnering with the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), which acts as a Japanese government agency, The University of Texas at Austin will begin using alternative…

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Goldi(IT) and the Three Bears: A tale of finding the right storage tool for the data job

August 12, 2015August 11, 2015 by By Matt Lawson

Data analytics has become commonplace on college campuses as universities have developed into repositories for all sorts of data focusing on everything from student success and recruitment, to…

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Research repository launches new data platform

August 10, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Figshare, an online digital repository for academic researchers, haslaunched the next generation of its research data management platform, Figshare for Institutions, developed to address the specific needs of…

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Purdue achieves 900 percent faster access to data

August 7, 2015 by Laura Ascione

DataDirect Networks (DDN) announced that Purdue University has deployed DDN’s SFA high-performance storage to accelerate the delivery of research results for up to 1,000 researchers working on several…

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