HPC

Statistical data analysis is a key part of the operations of just about every business today. But as data sets get larger, analyzing trends or generating predictions becomes more and more of a challenge. If you're doing predictive modeling today and find that you can no longer use all of your…

When working with an HPC cluster- including thousands of machines and many different hardware components and software packages- errors and failures are unavoidable. As a result, most HPC administrators spend a large majority of their time on diagnostics. Windows HPC Server 2008, the current…

IPython (http://ipython.scipy.org/) enables parallel computations to be performed interactively.  In this screeencast, we show how IPython can be used to study a large number of digits of pi in parallel. In particular, we calculate the frequency of all 2 digit sequences in the first 150…

Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 provides users with several new features that improve managing and scheduling jobs on the cluster.  The progress of jobs can now be seen easily seen in the Scheduler interface, and tasks can provide custom messages about their progress.  The Scheduler also…

Excel is often used as the programming environment for developing complex simulations and parameter studies, particularly in the financial and biomedical industries.  Windows HPC Server 2008 includes several features that enable Excel users to harness the power of cluster computing to make…

The recent market conditions have forced financial institutions to reexamine how derivatives are priced and are taking in-depth looks into the risks in their portfolios. They are looking at new measure for credit, market and liquidity risk – at the desk level and from an enterprise perspective. …

The era of cluster computing and Multicore drives change for Windows Developers, with development shifting to Threads and Parallel. Microsoft and its rich partner’s ecosystem provide solutions to meet the challenges of parallel development and to accelerate the speed and flexibility of Microsoft…

Please join us for a discussion of how the MG-ALFA and MG-Hedge software packages from Milliman will be used to meet current and future financial reporting requirements. A range of topics surrounding financial reporting issues will be covered including:…

Windows HPC Server 2008 R2, Beta 1 is the next generation in High Performance Computing for Microsoft. Please join Alex Sutton from the Microsoft HPC engineering team as he presents an overview of Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 beta 1.   Alex  will cover new features for cluster…

This video looks at improvements in the R2 version of HPCS 2008 Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).  Application programmability, infrastructure, and manageability have all been improved.  Enhancements to features such as active & passive brokers, file & recollect, and…