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- HPC In An AI WorldWe need a moonshot that rebuilds our core computing infrastructure based on 21st century ideas, not just variants of those from the past century. It will not be for timid, the nostalgic, or the underfunded. Bold ideas and new approaches never are.
- Geek Versus ChicFor much of my time at Microsoft, I wore two hats. As head of the eXtreme Computing Group (XCG), I oversaw research and advanced technology prototyping. Simultaneously, I also headed the Technology Strategy and Policy Group (TSPG), navigating the interplay between business and global regulation. This duality kept me in a state of near-constant motion.… Read more: Geek Versus Chic
- Merit Review: Investing in People and IdeasWhile I was chair of the National Science Board (NSB), which is the Presidentially appointed body charged with oversight of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), we launched a comprehensive review of how NSF selects and competitively awards funding for research proposals. We did so recognizing that leadership of the United States in Science, Technology,… Read more: Merit Review: Investing in People and Ideas
- A Canticle for ReasonN.B. This is an old article, written a decade ago, but shared only informally with a few. In today’s uncertain world, it seems appropriate to share it more widely. The news spread through the community as most things do – a whisper here, a brief allusion there. Everyone seemed to know, but nobody dared talk… Read more: A Canticle for Reason
- RENCI and the Digital Antique ShopIn 2004, I moved to North Carolina to found the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI). My goal was to bring a new approach to computationally mediated problem solving, one rooted in multidisciplinary teams and focused on important and vexing societal problems – health, environment, society, and economics. In a phrase, to be a catalyst for innovation.… Read more: RENCI and the Digital Antique Shop
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