Browsing articles tagged: 'Computing'

	PerWin Research Group @ the University of Guelph October 20, 2008 Jason Ernst 1 Comment Today I completed the listing page for all of the presentations our research group PerWin at the University of Guelph has made in the last year or so. PerWin stands for Pervasive Computing and Wireless Networking Research. The group is directed...
	Categories: News, Research Tags: Computing, Denko, Group, Guelph, Mieso, Network, Pervasive, PerWin, Research, University, Wireless
	Cluster Computer Case Suggestions? October 1, 2008 Jason Ernst 1 Comment So I've recently come across a bunch of free computers and I've decided to try to hook them together to form a beowulf style cluster for running some of my simulations on since I think I can modify the code to be parallel. I have tested all of the...
	Categories: Computer Science, Miscellaneous Tags: Beowulf, Cluster, Computing, Project
	Distributed Screen Saver Project September 10, 2008 Jason Ernst 1 Comment A couple of days ago while trying to stay awake while my simulations ran for hours, I came across this website: Electric Sheep. It seems like a really cool idea. It is a "distributed screensaver" that makes use of genetic algorithms to progress and...
	Categories: Computer Science, Miscellaneous Tags: Computing, Distributed, Project, Saver, Screen
	Ubiquitous Computing vs Virtual Reality July 9, 2008 Jason Ernst 4 Comments Early this week, during a lecture at Guelph by Dr. Denko, I was introduced to the idea of ubiquitous computing. The idea was coined in the 1980's by Mark Weiser at the Xerox Parc Lab. An extremely simplified definition of ubiquitous computing on...
	Categories: Computer Science, Miscellaneous, Research Tags: Computer, Computing, Pervasive, Reality, Science, Ubiquitous, Virtual