Framework Resources Multiply Computing Power

As an early proponent of grid computing, Ames Research Center awarded Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding to 3DGeo Development Inc., of Santa Clara, California, (now FusionGeo Inc., of The Woodlands, Texas) to demonstrate a virtual computer environment that linked geographically dispersed computer systems over the Internet to help solve large computational problems. By adding to an existing product, FusionGeo enabled access to resources for calculation- or data-intensive applications whenever and wherever they were needed. Commercially available as Accelerated Imaging and Modeling, the product is used by oil companies and seismic service companies, which require large processing and data storage capacities

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 26 Number 8, Summer 1984

2 - ALBEE\u27S ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON By Michael Tueth, S.J. Some principles of archetypal criticism are applied to Albee\u27s Who\u27s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 7 - NUCLEAR ADDICTION Edmund G. Brown Jr. The United States and the Soviet Union are engaged in an addictive and ultimately lethal process. Neither will break out of the curse of assured mutual destruction. 9 - GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD By Charles E. French. There are good reasons today to hope for a solution to world hunger, one that will occur in our time. 13 - TRAITS OF A HEALTHY FAMILY By Dolores Curran. Five hundred professional family counselors identified the top 15 traits found in a healthy family. 18 - IS EDUCATION READY FOR THE INFORMATION SOCIETY? By Lee Mahon and Shirley McCune. The computer determines the way we live, work and play. Does it affect the way we educate our children? Absolutely! 21 - JERRY BROWN - WHAT\u27S HE UP TO NOW? His ties with Santa Clara are discussed and we learn what he\u27s been doing since he left Sacramento. 24 - THE CATHOLIC AND THE BIBLE By Francis Smith, SJ. A Jesuit theologian talks about the relationship between Catholicism and Fundamentalism and draws some conclusions of his own. 28 - NEWS OF SANTA CLARA 29 - THE CAMPAIGN FOR SANTA CLARAhttps://scholarcommons.scu.edu/sc_mag/1068/thumbnail.jp

SCLOrk 2.0

For the past 10 years, the Laptop Orchestra is an emerging interdisciplinary field that involves Computer Science, Engineering, and music. In the past 4 years, Santa Clara University has developed it’s own Laptop Orchestra ensemble called SCLork. For this project, we will be making improvements to the Laptop Orchestra by incorporating a mobile phone element for audience participation. In addition, we will be designing an original composition using computer science sound synthesis techniques. Our mobile element is implemented as a mobile-friendly website that will be accessed by audience members. This website will be used in tandem by both audience and performers. Data received by the website will be sent to a program called SuperCollider to sort data and to play a musical melodies

Dynamic Control of Mobile Multirobot Systems: The Cluster Space Formulation

The formation control technique called cluster space control promotes simplified specification and monitoring of the motion of mobile multirobot systems of limited size. Previous paper has established the conceptual foundation of this approach and has experimentally verified and validated its use for various systems implementing kinematic controllers. In this paper, we briefly review the definition of the cluster space framework and introduce a new cluster space dynamic model. This model represents the dynamics of the formation as a whole as a function of the dynamics of the member robots. Given this model, generalized cluster space forces can be applied to the formation, and a Jacobian transpose controller can be implemented to transform cluster space compensation forces into robot-level forces to be applied to the robots in the formation. Then, a nonlinear model-based partition controller is proposed. This controller cancels out the formation dynamics and effectively decouples the cluster space variables. Computer simulations and experimental results using three autonomous surface vessels and four land rovers show the effectiveness of the approach. Finally, sensitivity to errors in the estimation of cluster model parameters is analyzed.Fil: Mas, Ignacio Agustin. Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Kitts, Christopher. Santa Clara University; Estados Unido

Rapid determination of selected meat components using near infrared reflectance spectroscopy

A new and rapid multicomponent analysis of foods has been developed by using near infrared reflectance spectrometry. The spectroscopic technique of Near Infrared Reflectance Analysis (NIRA) has required the use of transformation of the correlation matrix, a mathematical technique of multiple regression analysis in order to generate the empirical calibration required for the success of the technique. Preliminary calibration curves for beef, pork, and beef and pork mixture have been developed using an InfraAlyzer 400(\u27TM) (Technicon Industrial Systems, Tarrytown, N.Y.) and a Hewlett-Packard 9815\u27A\u27 calculator (Hewlett-Packard Company, Santa Clara, CA). The accuracy of these preliminary prediction regression equations was not satisfactory for the use of in-process control in meat processing. In subsequent experiments, a Vita Mix blender (Vita Mix Corp., Cleveland, Ohio) was introduced to improve the homogeneity of the samples and a Hewlett-Packard 85 personal computer (Hewlett-Packard Company, Santa Clara, CA) replaced the less powerful Hewlett-Packard 9815\u27A\u27. Nineteen beef samples with varying amounts of collagen were prepared and measured via the InfraAlyzer 400(\u27TM) and hydroxyproline. The multiple correlation coefficients (R(\u272)) of the prediction equations for hydroxyproline, protein, fat, and moisture were 0.9389, 0.7745, 0.9329, and 0.9425, respectively. Correlations of 0.2754, 0.5279, 0.8020, and 0.8745 were found between near infrared values and chemical analysis values for hydroxyproline, protein, fat, and moisture. The R(\u272) values for emulsified pork were 0.9469 for protein, 0.9662 for fat, and 0.9524 for moisture. Correlations between near infrared values and chemical analysis values were 0.8857 for protein, 0.9725 for fat, and 0.9628 for moisture. With the improved accuracy of prediction equations through the improved sampling procedure and the most capable computer programming, the near infrared reflectance analysis can be an alternative technique for rapid determination of selected meat components

Engineering News, Summer 2018

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Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 39 Number 1, Spring 1997

6 - BLUE SKY INVASION Searching for the American Dream, aerospace workers transform the Santa Clara Valley. By David Beers \u2779, Illustrations by Dug Waggoner 15 - SEEING IS BELIEVING Professor Sally Wood develops software to help students visualize basic engineering concepts. By Laura Trujillo \u2792 18 - CONFRONTING THE SCARS OF CENTURIES A legal challenge to California\u27s Proposition 209 is the latest round in a long- running debate over affirmative action. By Margaret M. Russell 26 - SHADOWY ALLIANCE A recent expose alleging CIA links to the crack cocaine epidemic in California\u27s inner cities raises questions about responsibility and truth in journalism. By Peter Kornbluhhttps://scholarcommons.scu.edu/sc_mag/1063/thumbnail.jp

PowerPlaylist: A Collaborative Web Application That Aims to Give Everyone a Voice

PowerPlaylist is a client-server based online collaborative playlist that allows guests of a party to have private access to the hosts playlist. Guests can access the queue of songs, request songs, or up-vote or down-vote songs already requested by other guests. Before PowerPlaylist, there was no musical platform that allowed guests at an event to express his or her opinions on what music should be played without distracting the host or DJ. This web application platform solves that problem while requiring little authentication, and not requiring any software downloads in order to be used. PowerPlaylist aims to give every guest a voice

Diagnostic Color Strip Reader for World Health Partners Clinics

Despite the advancement of medical technology, many people in developing countries like India and Kenya still suffer from treatable diseases. In many of the health clinics in these areas, color strips are used for checkups and diagnosis of diseases. However, a big problem with these color strips is that the diagnosis of color strips take a long time because they have to be manually checked. Currently, World Health Partners (WHP) works with doctors and hospitals in India and Kenya to provide more accessible healthcare through telehealth networks to get consultations from rural clinics to specialists at hospitals. We are working with WHP to streamline the process of color strip diagnosis, by creating an application that goes through the process of reading a color strip in a single step. Our application analyzes an image of a color strip and returns the concentration of the different factors being tested on the color strip. By doing so, we provide a precise analysis of color strips, instead of having to wait for a specialist