1.4.2010
"HPCwire"
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The high-performance computing news service carries a first-person article by Calit2 director Larry Smarr, reflecting on the NSF Supercomputer Center program, past, present and future.
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1.1.2010
"CDRInfo"
New Virtual Reality Bridges Visual with Tactile in 3D
CDRInfo, a source of information about CD, DVD and other related optical media technologies, covers Calit2's new HUVR virtual reality device.
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1.1.2010
"Del Mar Times"
Grant will help UCSD-led team speed lab discoveries to the clinic
Science columnist Lynne Friedmann reports on UCSD Health Sciences and its Clinical and Translational Research Institute (CTRI), which will draw upon computing resources at Calit2 to develop a "common infrastructure that emphasizes 'group science' through shared research and resources and institutional support."
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1.1.2010
"Red Orbit"
Computer Scientists Break Terabyte Sort Barrier
Red Orbit reports on the world record broken by UCSD computer scientists, who sorted one trillion data records in 172 minutes ? and did so using just a quarter of the computing resources of the other record holder.
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1.1.2010
"VizWorld"
21-Screen NexCAVE Aids Research at UCSD
VizWorld's Randall Hand reports on the Calit2 NexCAVE, which he calls "an impressive new visualization system."
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1.1.2010
"San Diego Union-Tribune"
San Diego artists crash OC party: Long ignored by the California Biennial, San Diego artists have carved out a large spot in this year’s survey
The Union-Tribune's James Chute reports on the 2010 California Biennial, which, for the first time, is heavy on work by San Diego artists and features installations by Calit2 visual artists Ricardo Dominguez and Nina Waisman.
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1.1.2010
"San Diego 10 News"
Webcams Help Track Wildfires In Backcountry
10 News carries a story on FireSense, a new collaboration between Calit2, CalFire and the San Diego County Board of Supervisors that is designed to tackle wildfires early.
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1.1.2010
"RedOrbit"
Citizen Scientists Explore Ancient Mongolia from Afar
RedOrbit, an online community for those with an interest in science, space, health and technology, reports on the 'citizen scientists' who are helping Calit2-based explorer Albert Yu-Min Lin look for Bronze Age burial sites and other antiquities in Mongolia.
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1.1.2010
"San Diego Business Journal"
The Need for Speed: Verizon Wireless Gears Up to Launch 4G Network in San Diego
Brad Graves of the SDBJ quotes Calit2-UCSD director Ramash Rao about the exciting potential of fourth generation wireless telecom networks.
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1.1.2010
"San Diego 6 XETV"
Webcams Watching for Backcountry Wildfires
San Diego 6 reports on a Calit2 partnership that has embedded 50 live webcams in San Diego County's backcountry as part of a new program designed to tackle wildfires early.

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1.1.2010
"Vodule"
MAPPING TIME: Visualization of temporal patterns in media and art
Vodule, which describes its mission as "tracing the extension of volume and modularity in 3-D, augmented reality, and emerging media," features a story on Calit2's current exhibition, "Mapping Time."
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