NSF Awards $11.97 Million to Caltech for Distributed Data Analysis of Neutron Scattering

The National Science Foundation today awarded $11.97 million to the California Institute of Technology for computer software to analyze neutron-scattering experiments. This work could show how to design new materials for a huge variety of applications in transportation, construction, electronics, and space exploration. The five-year Distributed Data Analysis for Neutron Scattering Experiments (DANSE) project is led by Brent Fultz, a professor of materials science and applied physics at Caltech, with coprincipal investigators Michael A. G. Aivazis of the Center for Advanced Computing Research at Caltech, and Ian S. Anderson of the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Further information on this announcement can be found in the Caltech news release and the DANSE website.

Emergence: Imbalance, Order, Growth – CACR Scientist Exhibits at SIGGRAPH

Emergence: Imbalance, Order, Growth is an original art piece by CACR research scientist Santiago Lombeyda that will appear at this year’s SIGGRAPH Art Gallery. The artwork shows continuous spiral lines jumping paint edges, depicted using series of algorithmically pre-rendered 3d spheres. At SIGGRAPH2006, the International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, the year’s most advanced achievements in computer graphics and interactive techniques will be exhibited.

For further information, including an abstract and technical information, please read Santiago Lombeyda’s page about the piece.