Apple Xserve 'biocluster' event in Boston on September 10th

[dag at sonsorol.org (chris dagdigian)]

Hi folks,

I hope this is on-topic for the BLU list. We are going to be putting 
together a small bioinformatics Xserve compute farm demo/seminar in 
Boston. The specific invite info is appended below.

Also- if there are any life science folks on this list who use clusters 
or compute farms in their work I invite you to join the 'bioclusters' 
list that was set up by Jeff B. from bioinformatics.org and I. The URL 
is http://www.bioinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/bioclusters

Regards,
Chris

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> 
> MAC OSX CLUSTERING FOR LIFE SCIENCES
> 
> Apple, BioTeam and Platform invite you to join us to explore the benefits of
> distributed computing hardware and software solutions for the demanding
> computational requirements of modern bioinformatics environments.
> Bioscientists need the most powerful technologies available to analyze the
> ever-growing large volumes and complexity of raw data. However, challenges
> faced by many researchers include limited access to hardware to run
> analyses, slow throughput of analysis and poor hardware/software
> functionality.
> 
> At this free seminar Dr. Bill Van Etten of BioTeam will join representatives
> from Platform and Apple to present and discuss the cost-effectiveness and
> scalability of distributed computing for data analysis on Apple's Mac OSX
> platform. Presentations will be followed by an open lab where you will be
> able to see and test a computer cluster built with Mac OSX, Xserve and
> Platform)B?s life sciences suite running demonstrations of AGBlast, HMMER, and
> other Unix research tools.
> 
> What you will Learn
> - how to achieve supercomputing power through cluster computing
> - the benefits of cluster computing
> - how to set up a cluster
> - how to double or triple your throughput speed
> - how to gain a five-fold increase to a solid sequence-searching platform
> 
> Featured Solutions
> - Mac OSX
> - Mac OS X Server - XServe
> - Platform Computer)B?s life sciences suite
> 
> Who Should Attend
> - Life Scientists
> - Bioinformatics researchers
> - Life Sciences software developers
> - Life Sciences IT Administrators
> - Life Sciences Business managers
> 
> Date: September 10, 2002
> 
> Agenda:
> 
>  9:30 to  9:45 am   Introduction and welcome, Apple
>  9:45 to 10:45 am   High Performance Computing for Life Sciences
>                     Dr. Bill Van Etten, BioTeam
> 10:45 to 11:00 am   Break
> 11:00 to 11:45 am   Platform: Distributed Computing
> 11:45 to 12:30 pm   Apple: Mac OSX Server and Xserve
> 12:30 to  1:30 pm   Lunch break
>  1:30 to  5:00 pm   Open lab
> 
> Register Now!
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> Seating is limited, so reserve your space now!
> http://www.seminars.apple.com/goToEvent.html?id=19367 or call 800-895-4853
> and ask to register for "MAC OSX CLUSTERING FOR LIFE SCIENCES".
> 
> 
> 
> Sponsors:
> -------------
> Apple
> Platform Computing
> BioTeam
>  
> Location:
> -------------
> Apple
> Seminar Room
> Market Center
> 28 State Street9th Floor
> Boston, MA 02109
> 
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