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• UCLA Today - High-end computation alters the research landscape
  6-NOV-07
  Press coverage on IDRE's first annual Kickoff and Poster Session - Read High-end computation alters the research landscape
  
  
• Press - Countries, Cultures, Communication: Digital Innovations Day
  10-MAY-07
  Nearly 350 faculty, staff, students and others packed the crowded exhibition space at Perloff Hall, peering at computer monitors, test-driving Web applications, taking notes, and trading ideas and business cards. Visit the Digital Innovations Day Site Other news on the event:
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• UCLA Today - Applause
  23-JAN-07
  Warren Mori has been appointed director of IDRE.
  
  
• DOE INCITE Program Award
  8-JAN-07
  University of California at Los Angeles will lead research on using computer simulations to answer questions about plasma-based particle accelerators. More on Program Awards...
  
  
• Top 500 Supercomputer Sites - Dawson Cluster Ranks 461st
  JUN-06
  UCLA’s Dawson Physics Cluster has been ranked number 461 of the top 500 computer sites in the world at the International Supercomputer Conference held in Dresden, Germany. Dawson Cluster Still in top 500 21/2 years later
  
  
• UCLA Today - Shaping the Future of Computing
  28-JUN-05
  UCLA researchers who use computers to do complex calculations, simulations and visualizations to study everything from experimental drugs to global warming will get a boost with the recent formation of the Institute for Digital Research and Education (IDRE). It will foster multidisciplinary research engaging faculty campuswide. Read Shaping the Future of Computing Article...
  
  
• Top 500 Supercomputer Sites - Dawson Cluster Ranks 162nd
  JUN-05
  UCLA’s Dawson Physics Cluster has been ranked number 162 of the top 500 computer sites in the world at the International Supercomputer Conference held in Heidelberg Germany. Dawson Cluster Ranks 162
  
  
• Dauger Research - 128-Xserve G5 Cluster Achieves 1.21 TeraFlop
  11-JAN-05
  The Plasma Physics Group at UCLA acquired 128 Xserve G5s to create the new "Dawson" high-performance parallel computing cluster to advance plasma physics research. Read Dauger Research Announcement...