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2005 NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS

12.01.05 - NASA Ties for Best Technical Paper Award at SC05
NAS Division scientist Michael J. Aftosmis co-authored the paper, "High Resolution Aerospace Applications Using the NASA Columbia Supercomputer," one of two papers selected for the prestigious Best Technical Paper award at SC05, the International Conference of High Performance Computing, Networking, and Storage.
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11.30.05 - Project Columbia Wins GCN Agency Award for Innovation
On October 11, 2005, NASA's Project Columbia team was awarded a 2005 Government Computer News (GCN) Agency Award for Innovation at the annual GCN Awards Gala in Washington, D.C.
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11.22.05 - Dave Tweten, NAS Security Chief, Passes Away
Highly principled. Extremely intelligent. Deeply conscientious. Quick-wittedand funny. These are just a few of the qualities ascribed to long-time Ames friend and co-worker David L. Tweten, who passed away unexpectedly on October 7. He was 57 years old.
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11.15.05 - Astronaut Steve Robinson Visits NAS Facility During a visit to NASA Ames Research Center on October 13, 2005, STS-114 Mission Specialist, Dr. Stephen Robinson stopped by the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) facility for a tour of the 10,240-processor Columbia supercomputer and a demonstration of a cutting-edge visualization tool, the hyperwall.
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10.03.05 - NAS Division Chief to Deliver Keynote at HPC Expo
On October 6, NAS Division Chief Walt Brooks will deliver an online executive video keynote address at the inaugural HPC Expo Online Conference and Exhibition. Brooks presentation, "Revolutionizing Science and Engineering Applications with Columbia," will be broadcast live at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time.
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08.24.05 - New Fiber Optic Cable to Enable High-Performance Connection from NASA Ames to Key Research Locations
New fiber optic cable will enable more reliable, higher performance network communications between Ames Research Center and other research locations.

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07.19.05 - Impact of Columbia Supercomputer Recognized at ISC
During the 20th annual ISC held June 21-24, 2005, in Heidelberg, Germany, the Columbia supercomputer's impact on the high-performance computing community was highlighted in several presentations.
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01.31.05 - NASA Research a Hit at SC2004
Dr. Sally Ride toured the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) Facility to see Columbia, the world's largest operational supercomputer.
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