Two Roads ...

Last couple of weeks have seen life being breathed into two major research facilities - one computational (supposed to make sense of experimental data) - other experimental (supposed to make sense of theoretical data). Put together, they demonstrate the scintillating synergy between theory, experiments and computations - the three corner-stones of modern research.

Firstly,
We at University of Southampton are now proud owners of the 74th fastest supercomputer in the world and the fastest university-owned supercomputer in England. The new facility nicknamed 'IRIDIS-3' on campus will help researchers at Southampton to perform calculations that they ever dreamed of. Hopefully, researchers on campus would now dare to dream even more and push the frontiers of research at Southampton.

Secondly,
For a small matter, the world is now in possesion of its' highest energy particle accelerator - the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The first physics at the LHC is expected in 2010 and might lead to a change in our understanding of our universe ...

Standing on the edge of the woods, a pondering researcher wonders .... about The Road Not Taken ...

Comments

Milind said…
congrats for having that fast supercomputer :)
7 December 2009 at 22:20
Aditya said…
thanks to engineers like you :)
7 December 2009 at 22:28
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