SMU seismologist Brian Stump named AAAS Fellow for distinguished scientific contributions

Paul W. Ludden

SMU seismologist Brian Stump named AAAS Fellow for distinguished scientific contributions

Brian Stump, SMU, seismology, earthquakesSMU seismologist Brian Stump has been named an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow for distinguished contributions to his field, particularly in the area of seismic monitoring in support of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. AAAS is the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science. Stump, Albritton Chair of Geological Sciences in the Huffington Department of Earth Sciences in SMU’s Dedman College, is the fifth professor at SMU recognized as an AAAS Fellow.

2020-02-18T11:46:47-06:00 December 2, 2014|Categories: Earth & Climate, Energy & Matter, Researcher news|Tags: , , , , , , , |

The Daily Campus: SMU’s new “ManeFrame” supercomputer unveiled at Data Center

ManeFrame, SMU, Mana, supercomputerReporter Jehadu Abshiro with The Daily Campus covered the unveiling of ManeFrame, SMU's new supercomputer. Daily The December arrival of the new supercomputer at SMU expands the University’s high performance computing capacity to weigh in among the top academic computers in the United States. SMU Provost and Vice President Paul W. Ludden sponsored the contest to name the new supercomputer.

2020-02-18T11:47:12-06:00 March 21, 2014|Categories: Culture, Society & Family, Researcher news, SMU In The News|Tags: , , |

The power of ManeFrame: SMU’s new supercomputer boosts research capacity

SMU now has a powerful new tool for research – one of the fastest academic supercomputers in the nation – and a new facility to house it. With a cluster of more than 1,000 Dell servers, the system’s capacity is on par with high-performance computing (HPC) power at much larger universities and at government-owned laboratories. The U.S. Department of Defense awarded the system to SMU in August 2013.

2020-02-18T11:47:13-06:00 March 20, 2014|Categories: Learning & Education, Researcher news, Technology|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |