Archive page: Last revised May, 2002

Research Support Group - Related Dispatch Articles:

The Dispatch: Computing and Network Services publishes the Dispatch every two months (except July/August). Copies are available for University of Alberta faculty and staff through campus mail and for other institutions via mailed subscription. Students and members of the public are encouraged to pick up their copies at the Help Desk, 302 General Services Building. The Dispatch is also available on the World Wide Web at: http://www.ualberta.ca/CNS/dispatch/

• 2002:
  
  
  • LAST MACI Upgrade
    by Sean Hartigan.
    See page 4 in the March/April 2002 Dispatch (5.4MB PDF)
    
    
• 2001:
  
  
  • 3D Printer Has Many Practical Applications
    by Sean Hartigan.
    See page 12 in the November/December 2001 Dispatch (225K PDF)
    
    
  • New Upload Web Page for Plotting on the DesignJets
    by Computing and Network Services,
    See page 16 in the September/October 2001 Dispatch (PDF - 4.6 MB)
  • New Staff at CNS Research Support
    by Sean Hartigan,
    See page 15 in the September/October 2001 Dispatch (PDF - 4.6 MB)
    
    
  • Plotting Posters on the CNS DesignJets.
    by Sean Hartigan,
    See page 2 in the May/June 2001 Dispatch (PDF - 4.5 MB)
  • Big Computer, Small Price.
    by Sean Hartigan,
    See page 15 in the May/June 2001 Dispatch (PDF - 4.5 MB)
    
    
  • Modeling the Mysteries of Space Storms
    by Sean Hartigan,
    See page 2 in the March/April 2001 Dispatch (PDF - 3.5 MB)
    
    
  • Australis Arrives: MACI Acquires New SGI Origin 3400
    by Sean Hartigan
    A new MACI-funded supercomputer housed in the CNS Computer Center. (The article is also available in in the PDF format: January/February Dispatch 2001 (PDF - 2.3 MB)
    
    
• 1999:
  
  
  • Three Dimensions of a Farewell: CNS Presents Former Chancellor with a Special 3D Plaque,
    by Charles Gal,
    Dispatch (May/June 1999)
  • What's New at CNS This Summer:
    by Sean Hartigan,
    - The "Beowulf" Cluster
    - New Statistical and Numerical Servers
    - HP Plotter Goes Glossy
    Dispatch (May/June 1999)
    
    
  • Borealis Lights Up Northern Computing and Research Horizons,
    by Charles Gal,
    The new SGI Origin 2400 (also called Borealis) is the latest addition to the world of supercomputing at the University of Alberta. Part of the MACI initiative, it complements its predecessor, the Origin 2000, unveiled last year. Dispatch (March/April 1999) PDF
  • Three-Dimensional Printer Promotes Faster Prototyping,
    by Vaughn Bowler,
    A new MACI-funded three-dimensional printer at the University of Alberta is being used by industrial designers and scientists to quickly explore theoretical concepts and to try out new product designs. Dispatch (March/April 1999) PDF
  • Supercomputers May Boost U of A to World Leader in Space Research,
    by Charles Gal,
    U of A's Aurora computer (an sgi Origin 2000) and new supercomputer, the Borealis (an Origin 2400), among the most powerful computers in Canada, offer space physics researchers a new opportunity to model phenomena involving distances and measurements too large to compute in the past, explains Robert Rankin, Associate Professor with the Department of Physics at the U of A
    Dispatch (March/April 1999) PDF
    
    
  • Canadian High Performance Computing Gets Funding Boost,
    by C3.ca Association Inc.,
    Dispatch (September/October 1999) and HyperDispatch (September/October 1999) PDF.
    
    
  • 3-D Scanner Provides New Dimension in Data Input,
    by Computing and Network Services,
    Dispatch (May/June 1999) and HyperDispatch (May/June 1999) PDF.
    
    
  • MACI Project News
    ( http://tecumseh.srv.ualberta.ca/hyperdispatch/HyperDispatch22/maci.html ),
    by Executive Committee, Multimedia Advanced Computational Infrastructure (MACI),
    Dispatch (March/April 1999) and HyperDispatch22 (March/April 1999 main index).
  • Inside the Origin2000 Processor
    ( http://tecumseh.srv.ualberta.ca/hyperdispatch/HyperDispatch22/processor.html ),
    by Nadine Leenders, CNS Research Computing Support,
    Dispatch (March/April 1999) and HyperDispatch22 (March/April 1999 main index).
    
    
• 1998:
  
  
  • Supercomputing Trivia and Training
    ( http://tecumseh.srv.ualberta.ca/hyperdispatch/HyperDispatch20/super.html ),
    by Sean Hartigan (sean.hartigan@ualberta.ca), CNS Client Services,
    Dispatch (November/December 1998) and HyperDispatch20 (November/December 1998 main index).
  • Multimedia Advanced Computational Infrastructure
    ( http://tecumseh.srv.ualberta.ca/hyperdispatch/HyperDispatch20/maci.html ),
    by Sean Hartigan (sean.hartigan@ualberta.ca), CNS Client Services,
    Dispatch (November/December 1998) and HyperDispatch20 (November/December 1998 main index).
    
    
  • Timeline: Computing Services at the University of Alberta
    ( http://tecumseh.srv.ualberta.ca/hyperdispatch/HyperDispatch19/timeline.html ),
    by Dispatch Editor, Computing and Network Services,
    Dispatch (September/October 1998) and HyperDispatch19 (September/October 1998 main index).
    This article chronicles all forms of computing provided by CNS over the last forty year including the growth and changes in the high performance computing area.
    
    
  • New HP DesignJet Plotter
    ( http://tecumseh.srv.ualberta.ca/hyperdispatch/HyperDispatch18/DesignJet.htm ),
    by Nadine Leenders, CNS Research Computing Support,
    Dispatch (May/June 1998) and HyperDispatch18 (May/June 1998 main index).
  • New Origin2000 Computer
    ( http://tecumseh.srv.ualberta.ca/hyperdispatch/HyperDispatch18/Origin2000.htm ),
    by Executive Committee, Multimedia Advanced Computational Infrastructure (MACI),
    Dispatch (May/June 1998) and HyperDispatch18 (May/June 1998 main index).
  • High-Performance Computing Support
    ( http://tecumseh.srv.ualberta.ca/hyperdispatch/HyperDispatch18/HPCsupport.htm ),
    by Michael Byrne (michael.byrne@ualberta.ca), Director, Computing and Network Services,
    Dispatch (May/June 1998) and HyperDispatch18 (May/June 1998 main index).