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Engineering a new curriculum

Engineering a new curriculumSome smaller schools are way ahead hereI teach engineering at two schools in CT. One University of New Haven has a core required course for non-technology students to give them an appreciation and understanding as well as the necessary vocabulary of the role that engineering and...

Tags: Sastry, Cornell University, Cornell, curriculum, new curriculum, social science, democracy, Siemens AG

Discussion threads 2007-09-10

Nanotechnology on the catwalk

This event didnt take place in Paris or Milano, but at Cornell University during their Cornell Design League fashion show on April 21. Its now official: "nanotechnology has entered the fashion world." Fashion designers and fiber scientists have unified their efforts at Cornell to show a two-toned gold dress and...

Tags: Nanotechnology, Leisure, Engineering &, Innovation

Blog posts 2007-05-03

Can computers have an opinion?

Obviously, they can't, but computers can scan through text and deduct human opinions from factual information. This branch of natural-language processing NLP is called 'information extraction' and is used for sorting facts and opinions for Homeland Security. Right now, a consortium of three universities is for the U.S. Department of...

Tags: computer

Blog posts 2006-09-24

Cornell cracks Galileo codes

Cornell cracks Galileo codesThe Giove-A codes will not stay secretThe handwriting is on the wall. The European Commission overseeing this should prepare for the day when all its positioning data will be accessed with users paying fees, and come up with an alternative funding source now. Any other...

Tags: Branding, positioning data, Cornell, Galileo, handwriting

Discussion threads 2006-07-14

The Web on speed: P2P and epidemic-based protocols

Emerging technologies like Web services, trading exchanges, XML market data, and pervasive computing will not tolerate the current state of information latency on the Web. For example, a domain name currently takes days to propagate through all the DNS servers and caches distributed around the globe. According to Meta Group's...

Tags: Nick Gall, P2P, Cornell

Blog posts 2005-03-30

Additional Resources

Cornell Lab of Ornithology Pairs Dell Servers With Intel Processor Technology, and Dell EqualLogic Storage to Save Six Figures

Cornell Lab of Ornithology needed a consistent backup and disaster recovery solution to protect terabytes of critical data amassed by researchers to further conservation and explore the biodiversity of the planet. Server sprawl also threatened the efficiency of IT operations. The Lab consolidated multiple backup systems on Dell EqualLogic iSCSI...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Storage, Dell EqualLogic, Dell Server, Intel Corp., Disaster Recovery, Servers, Backups, Processors, Data Management, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components

Case studies 2009-10-01

The good news about WalMart

The magic of jiu jitsuYou praise what a company reviled by the left is doing. The right rises. Then you point to WalMart's support of true health reform, and pound them with it. How does this help the public option?I don't see it.So you are saying that because of some...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Benefits, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-07

Cornell Uses High-Performance Computing to Speed Research, Extend Software Access

As one of the world's leading research institutions, Cornell University has been engaged in high-performance computing since that term referred to mainframe computing. More than 10 years ago, Cornell helped to pioneer the use of PC clusters. To give researchers - both at Cornell and at other institutions around the...

Tags: Software, Researcher, Microsoft Access, High-performance Computing, High-performance, Cornell University, Cloud Computing, Leadership, Mainframes, Management, Servers, Hardware

Case studies 2009-06-25

News to know: Windows 7; Twitter; Satyam; Apple

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: How hard will it be to move to the Windows 7 Release Candidate? ...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Dana Blankenhorn, Satyam, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Twitter, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Open Source, Operating Systems, Strategy, Software, Internet, Management

Blog posts 2009-04-13

HP files appeal in Cornell patent dispute case

Hewlett Packard said today that it has filed an appeal in a patent dispute case with Cornell University and the Cornell Research Foundation. Statement Last month, the U.S. District Court reduced the amount that an earlier jury imposed from $184 million to $53 million in favor of...

Tags: Patent, Hewlett-Packard Co., Cornell University, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-04-10

Nehalem servers could spark a $27bn feeding frenzy

Nehalem servers could spark a $27bn feeding frenzyItanium doesn't stand a chance to NehalemOne things for sure (and probably why Intels Tukwila/Itanium has slipped by about a year) is that Itanium doesn't stand a chance against Nehalem and even when Tukwila does arrive, will have a tough ride against Nehalem-EX....

Tags: Semiconductors, Servers, Processors, transistor, Nehalem, electron, Ballistic Deflection Transistor, single core server, Intel Itanium, server

Discussion threads 2009-03-26

Global warming effects? Ask a birder

Global warming effects? Ask a birderFor those interested in assisting the collection of birding dataThe annual 'Great Backyard Bird Count' (a project sponsored by Cornell's Ornithology dept.) is this upcoming weekend (Feb 12-15). Instructions on counting and submitting your data are available athttp://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/A simple count takes only fifteen...

Tags: Food & Beverage, habitat, food, smart-arse, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-02-11

Calculating Risk: Panning for gold in Goldman

Calculating Risk: Panning for gold in GoldmanPat Leach wrote this story in 2006In "Why Can't You Just Give Me the Number?" (p. 55) by Patrick Leach, the Goldman approach to risk was highlighted as a best practice. To be fair, Pat couldn't have written this exact story in 06, but...

Tags: Asset management, GoldMan, Calculating Risk, gold, marin

Discussion threads 2009-02-10

ImageNow for Higher Education

Imagine the impact at one's college or university of having a direct connection to student, personnel and business operations information. One would make admissions and financial aid decisions more quickly, provide better service to students and staff, boost productivity and more. For Cornell University, the University of Cambridge, University of...

Tags: Education, Perceptive Software, ImageNow Enterprise Document Management, Document Management, Managerial Accounting, Process Improvement, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Quality, Business Operations

White papers 2009-01-01

First synthetic tree mimics transpiration

Cornell University researchers have created the world's first synthetic tree. So far, it's a very small 'tree' which stands in a palm-sized piece of hydrogel. This 'tree simulates the process of transpiration, the cohesive capillary action that allows trees to wick moisture upward to their highest branches.' Apparently, the scientists...

Tags: Tree, Water, Hydrogel, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-09-14

Dell PowerEdge R900 Servers Give the Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research (CISER) a 400-Percent Boost in Processing Capacity

With data sets becoming larger and more scientists working concurrently, CISER's high-performance computing cluster was no longer able to keep up with the demands of advanced social and economic research. Dell PowerEdge R900 servers with the Intel Xeon processor 7300 series enable CISER to increase processing capacity while staying within...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Dell PowerEdge, Intel Xeon, Data Centers, Servers, Storage, Processors, Hardware, Data Management, Semiconductors, Components

Case studies 2008-09-01

How do I... Scan a hard drive for sensitive data with Spider?

There are many reasons why you would want to do a thorough scan on a PC for specific data. However, large capacity hard drives can be difficult to scan without the right tool. One of the better tools for scanning hard drives is Spider from Cornell University. Jack Wallen shows...

Tags: Hard Drive, Tool, Jack Wallen, Productivity

Download resources 2008-08-20

Brown rice, white rice, now GREEN rice

A major rice grower in California is looking to sell green rice. "Green" as in solar-powered. Of course, like all crops, rice needs sun to grow and ripen. Now Far West Rice, Inc. of Cypress, California, is going to harvest, mill, store, move and bag rice using...

Tags: California, Plant, PPM, Government, Food & Beverage, Telecom & Utilities, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-06-17

Hakia adds PubMed, enhances medical search

In April this year, New York-based Hakia announced an enhancement to their beta web search that focussed upon providing timely and accurate health information to consumers; "For the first time, users will start to get credibility-stamped search results in full view, instead of just popularity-ranked...

Tags: Abstract, Health Care, Ontology, Hakia, PubMed, Heart Attack, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-06-12

Microwaves from silicon chips?

X-rays are widely used for medical imaging and security, but they still are dangerous. Would it be possible to replace X-rays by an imaging technology based on microwave radiation? Until now, it was not feasible because portable devices were not powerful enough. Now, two U.S. scientists have found how to...

Tags: Microwave, Signal, Silicon Chip, Capacitor, Chip, Lattice, X-rays, Ehsan Afshari, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Document Management, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-05-30