Globus is open source software for distributed computer systems, freely available for use (and modification) by programmers.

ISI researchers have now begun applying computing power to trying to assemble grammatical rules.

W. Lewis Johnson’s award was for his leadership of the Tactical Language Training System project, video games that teach soldiers the basics of foreign language and cultural customs.

ISI researchers have created a system, called LEARNER2, which prompts ordinary, non-expert humans to share their worldly knowledge with silicon-brained learners.

Carole Beal researches ways to improve the teaching process in K-12 classrooms using information technology.

Scientific users the world over are already using Globus software to allow seamless sharing of computational resources.

The three projects will be critical in creating mechanisms that can work effectively with minimal human control in highly dynamic situations in space.

According to Mike Zyda, USC, which has emerged in recent years as a major academic center both for study of games and training of game creators, is an ideal place for this effort.

The three-part experiment now taking place will use about 100,000 entities, employing 128-node Linux cluster supercomputers.

ISI has completed StreamAdd benchmarking, which measures memory bandwidth, on a single Godiva chip running as part of the Long’s Peak system.