[UCI-Linux] Greg Wilson on HPC, Data, software for non-CS scientists

[Harry Mangalam]

Hi All (and sorry for the spam, if this qualifies as such),
(and, to the rcg) sorry for more heresy :)

Greg Wilson is a computer scientist who 'gets it'.  A lot of his work 
has been in the support of enabling non-computer geeks to understand 
computers and data, especially in research.  His online Software 
Carpentry course is one of the great resources no one knows about:
http://www.swc.scipy.org/index.html

In addition, he's been interviewed recently at IT conversations:
http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail3682.html#
Put this on your ipod for your commute.

[For those of you at the recent Research Computing Symposium who 
expressed an interest in Data, as opposed to computation, the 
following may be of interest.]

He has a new book out: "Data Crunching: Solve Everyday Problems Using 
Java, Python, and more." is described at Amazon.
<http://tinyurl.com/4zl3eo>

Altho you can get much of the contents via his Software Carpentry site 
(see above).

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Harry Mangalam - Research Computing, NACS, E2148, Engineering Gateway, 
UC Irvine 92697  949 824-0084(o), 949 285-4487(c)
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Edward R. Murrow]