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Proof-of-concept engineering workflow demonstrator
When Microsoft needed a proof-of-concept implementation of bespoke engineering workflow software for their customer,
BAE Systems, it called on the software engineering skills and
experience of the Microsoft Institute for High Performance
Computing.
BAE Systems was looking into converting their in-house SOLAR software suite to run on the MS Compute Cluster Server product with 64-bit MPI support in conjunction with an extended Windows Workflow environment for use by their engineer
Microsoft institute for high performance computing
An overview of the Microsoft Institute for High Performance Computing at the University of Southampto
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On being a mentor
This article explores issues relating to mentoring students, particularly ophthalmic nursing students. It highlights the importance of mentorship in learning in practice, which in turn is critical to students' education in a competency-based profession. It considers the factors essential in successful mentoring, including two-way feedback, and the importance of mentors understanding the nature of the psychological processes involved and how to assess students' learning and competencies. It also highlights the crucial gate-keeping role of mentors in ensuring that students are fit to practise, and the importance of nurse mentors themselves being fit to practise
The southern dust pillars of the Carina Nebula
We present preliminary results from a detailed study towards four previously
detected bright mid-infrared sources in the southern part of the Carina Nebula:
G287.73--0.92, G287.84--0.82, G287.93--0.99 and G288.07--0.80. All of these
sources are located at the heads of giant dust pillars that point towards the
nearby massive star cluster, Trumpler 16. It is unclear if these pillars are
the prime sites for a new generation of triggered star formation or if instead
they are the only remaining parts of the nebula where ongoing star fromation
can take place.Comment: 2 pages, to appear in the proceedings of "Hot Star Workshop III: The
Earliest Phases of Massive Star Birth" (ed. P.A. Crowther
Space shuttle digital flight control system
The space shuttle digital, fly by wire, flight control system presents an interesting challenge in avionics system design. In residence in each of four redundant general purpose computers at lift off are the guidance, navigation, and control algorithms for the entire flight. The mission is divided into several flight segments: first stage ascent, second stage ascent; abort to launch site, abort once around; on orbit operations, entry, terminal area energy management; and approach and landing. The FCS is complicated in that it must perform the functions to fly the shuttle as a boost vehicle, as a spacecraft, as a reentry vehicle, and as a conventional aircraft. The crew is provided with both manual and automatic modes of operations in all flight phases including touchdown and rollout
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